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Acacia ingrata Benth.

Reference: Fl.Austral. 2:331 (1864)
Conservation Code: Not threatened
Naturalised Status: Native to Western Australia
Name Status: Current

Much-branched, diffuse, spreading to straggly, pungent shrub, 0.15-0.5(-1) m high. Fl. cream-white, Sep to Dec or Jan. Clay, clay loam, sand over quartzite, gravelly lateritic soils.

Distribution

IBRA Regions: Esperance Plains, Mallee, Swan Coastal Plain.
IBRA Subregions: Eastern Mallee, Fitzgerald, Perth, Recherche.
Local Government Areas (LGAs): Busselton, Esperance, Ravensthorpe.