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Acacia fragilis Maiden & Blakely

Reference
J.Roy.Soc.Western Australia 13:5,Pl.4,Figs 1-11 (1928)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Dense rounded or openly branched shrub, 0.5-3(-4) m high. Fl. yellow, Jul to Oct. Yellow sand, lateritic soils, rocky or sandy loam. Sandplains, low ridges & rises.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 22 July 1997
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Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Coolgardie, Esperance Plains, Geraldton Sandplains, Great Victoria Desert, Jarrah Forest, Mallee, Yalgoo.
IBRA Subregions
Eastern Goldfield, Eastern Mallee, Fitzgerald, Katanning, Lesueur Sandplain, Merredin, Northern Jarrah Forest, Shield, Southern Cross, Tallering, Western Mallee.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Carnamah, Coolgardie, Coorow, Corrigin, Cunderdin, Dalwallinu, Dowerin, Esperance, Goomalling, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Kent, Kondinin, Koorda, Kulin, Menzies, Moora, Mount Marshall, Narembeen, Perenjori, Ravensthorpe, Tammin, Victoria Plains, Wongan-Ballidu, Wyalkatchem, Yalgoo.