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Acacia orthocarpa F.Muell.
Needleleaf Wattle

Reference
J.Linn.Soc.,Bot. 3:136 (1859)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Erect spreading or spindly shrub, 0.9-3(-4) m high. Fl. yellow, Mar to Apr or Jun to Jul or Oct. Sandy or stony soils, often over sandstone or ironstone. Rocky hills & rises, plains.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 30 July 1997

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Central Kimberley, Dampierland, Gascoyne, Great Sandy Desert, Northern Kimberley, Ord Victoria Plain, Pilbara, Tanami, Victoria Bonaparte.
IBRA Subregions
Augustus, Chichester, Hamersley, Hart, Keep, McLarty, Mitchell, Pentecost, Pindanland, Purnululu, Roebourne, South Kimberley Interzone, Tanami Desert.
IMCRA Regions
Kimberley, Pilbara (nearshore).
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Ashburton, Broome, Derby-West Kimberley, East Pilbara, Halls Creek, Karratha, Meekatharra, Port Hedland, Wyndham-East Kimberley.