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Acacia spondylophylla F.Muell.

Reference: Fragm. (Mueller) 8:243 (1874)
Conservation Code: Not threatened
Naturalised Status: Native to Western Australia
Name Status: Current

Spreading, usually flat-topped, viscid shrub, 0.3-1(-2) m high, to 2 m wide. Fl. yellow, May to Aug. Stony, often ironstone soils, sand. Rocky hills & gullies, creeks, colluvial flats.

Distribution

IBRA Regions: Central Ranges, Great Sandy Desert, Little Sandy Desert, Pilbara, Tanami.
IBRA Subregions: Chichester, Fortescue, Hamersley, Mackay, Mann-Musgrave Block, Rudall, Trainor.
Local Government Areas (LGAs): Ashburton, East Pilbara, Ngaanyatjarraku, Wiluna.