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Acacia hilliana Maiden

Reference
Ewart & O.B.Davies, Fl.N.Territory 340 (1917)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Mixed (Native in Part of Range, Naturalised Elsewhere)
Name Status
Current

Low spreading to sprawling or sometimes ascending, viscid shrub, 0.2-0.7(-1) m high, 0.75-5 m wide. Fl. yellow, Mar to Oct. Red sand, stony soils. Rocky hills & ranges, sand dunes, sandplains, rocky plateaus.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 30 July 1997
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Distribution

IBRA Regions
Central Ranges, Dampierland, Great Sandy Desert, Little Sandy Desert, Ord Victoria Plain, Pilbara, Tanami.
IBRA Subregions
Chichester, Fortescue, Hamersley, Mackay, Mann-Musgrave Block, McLarty, Pindanland, Roebourne, Rudall, South Kimberley Interzone, Tanami Desert, Trainor.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Ashburton, Broome, Derby-West Kimberley, East Pilbara, Halls Creek, Ngaanyatjarraku, Port Hedland, Wiluna.