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Acacia depressa Maslin
Echidna Wattle

Reference
Nuytsia 1:422,Fig.10 (1975)
Conservation Code
Threatened
A taxon name retains its ‘Threatened’ status until a new name has been officially endorsed and appears in the Gazettal Notice.
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Prostrate, dense, prickly shrub, 0.02-0.15 m high. Fl. yellow, Dec or Jan. Lateritic gravelly soils. Low hills & rises.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 24 July 1997
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Distribution

IBRA Regions
Mallee.
IBRA Subregions
Western Mallee.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Dumbleyung, Lake Grace.