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Acacia murrayana Benth.
Sandplain Wattle

Reference
Fl.Austral. 2:370 (1864)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Spreading to erect, bushy shrub or tree, 2-5(-8) m high. Fl. yellow, Aug to Nov. Mainly on red sandy soils. Sand dunes, sandplains, along creeks.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 8 August 1997
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Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Carnarvon, Central Ranges, Coolgardie, Darwin Coastal, Gascoyne, Geraldton Sandplains, Gibson Desert, Great Sandy Desert, Great Victoria Desert, Murchison, Pilbara, Yalgoo.
IBRA Subregions
Augustus, Cape Range, Carnegie, Central, Eastern Goldfield, Eastern Murchison, Edel, Geraldton Hills, Hamersley, Lateritic Plain, Mann-Musgrave Block, Maralinga, Merredin, Shield, Southern Cross, Tallering, Western Murchison, Wooramel.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Ashburton, Carnarvon, Coolgardie, Cue, Dalwallinu, Dundas, East Pilbara, Exmouth, Greater Geraldton, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Laverton, Leonora, Meekatharra, Menzies, Morawa, Mount Magnet, Mount Marshall, Mukinbudin, Murchison, Ngaanyatjarraku, Northampton, Perenjori, Sandstone, Shark Bay, Upper Gascoyne, Westonia, Wiluna, Yalgoo, Yilgarn.