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Acacia cyclops G.Don
Coastal Wattle

Reference
Gen.Hist. 2:404 (1832)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Dense shrub or tree (rarely), 0.8-4(-7) m high. Fl. yellow, Sep to Dec or Jan to May. White/grey sand. Coastal sand dunes & limestone.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 24 July 1997
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Distribution

IBRA Regions
Coolgardie, Esperance Plains, Geraldton Sandplains, Hampton, Jarrah Forest, Mallee, Swan Coastal Plain, Warren.
IBRA Subregions
Eastern Mallee, Fitzgerald, Geraldton Hills, Hampton, Lesueur Sandplain, Mardabilla, Northern Jarrah Forest, Perth, Recherche, Southern Jarrah Forest, Warren, Western Mallee.
IMCRA Regions
Central West Coast, Eucla, Leeuwin-Naturaliste, WA South Coast.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Albany, Armadale, Augusta Margaret River, Bunbury, Busselton, Cambridge, Capel, Carnamah, Claremont, Cockburn, Coorow, Cottesloe, Cranbrook, Dandaragan, Denmark, Dundas, Esperance, Greater Geraldton, Irwin, Jerramungup, Joondalup, Kent, Lake Grace, Manjimup, Nannup, Nedlands, Perth, Plantagenet, Ravensthorpe, Rockingham, South Perth, Stirling, Subiaco, Wandering, Wanneroo.