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Acacia dunnii Turrill
Elephant Ear Wattle

Reference
Bull.Misc.Inform.Kew 299 (1922)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Erect, slender, pruinose shrub or tree, 1.5-6 m high. Fl. yellow, Jan to Jun. Skeletal soils over sandstone, basalt or quartzite. Ridges, stony hills, amongst rocks.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 29 July 1997
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Distribution

IBRA Regions
Central Kimberley, Northern Kimberley, Ord Victoria Plain, Victoria Bonaparte.
IBRA Subregions
Berkeley, Keep, Mitchell, Pentecost, Purnululu.
IMCRA Regions
Cambridge-Bonaparte, Kimberley.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Derby-West Kimberley, Halls Creek, Wyndham-East Kimberley.