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Acacia ligulata Benth.
Umbrella Bush

Reference
London J.Bot. 1:362 (1842)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Dense, rounded or infundibular shrub or tree, 1-4(-6) m high. Fl. yellow, May to Oct. Usually on red sand dunes.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 22 July 1997
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Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Carnarvon, Central Ranges, Coolgardie, Gascoyne, Geraldton Sandplains, Gibson Desert, Great Sandy Desert, Great Victoria Desert, Little Sandy Desert, Murchison, Nullarbor, Pilbara, Tanami, Yalgoo.
IBRA Subregions
Augustus, Cape Range, Carlisle, Carnegie, Central, Chichester, Eastern Goldfield, Eastern Murchison, Edel, Geraldton Hills, Hamersley, Katanning, Lateritic Plain, Lesueur Sandplain, Mackay, Mann-Musgrave Block, Maralinga, Mardabilla, McLarty, Merredin, Nullarbor Plain, Rudall, Shield, Southern Cross, Tallering, Tanami Desert, Trainor, Western Murchison, Wooramel.
IMCRA Regions
Central West Coast, Pilbara (offshore), Shark Bay, Zuytdorp.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Ashburton, Carnamah, Carnarvon, Coolgardie, Coorow, Cue, Dalwallinu, Dowerin, Dundas, East Pilbara, Exmouth, Greater Geraldton, Halls Creek, Irwin, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Karratha, Laverton, Leonora, Meekatharra, Menzies, Mingenew, Morawa, Mount Magnet, Murchison, Ngaanyatjarraku, Northampton, Perenjori, Sandstone, Shark Bay, Tammin, Trayning, Upper Gascoyne, Westonia, Wiluna, Yalgoo, Yilgarn.