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Acacia acanthaster

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46: 211: 250: 33: 300:, and divided near the ends into a few short, radiating, leafless spines. The phyllodes are glabrous, flat and linear, 3–8 mm (0.12–0.31 in) long and 0.5–1 mm (0.020–0.039 in) wide. Between 18 and 27 golden-yellow flowers are arranged in 1 or 2 spherical heads 3.0–3.5 mm (0.12–0.14 in) long on a 304:
6–11 mm (0.24–0.43 in) long. Flowering occurs from August to October and the pods are curved or loosely coiled, 35 mm (1.4 in) long, 1.5–2.5 mm (0.059–0.098 in) wide and resemble a string of beads. The seeds are elliptic, about 2 mm (0.079 in) long and have a
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is a rigid, densely-branched, domed shrub that typically grows to 0.2–0.5 m (7.9 in – 1 ft 7.7 in) high and 1–2.5 mm (0.039–0.098 in) wide. Its branchlets are
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This shrub grows in sandy soil, clay or loam on granite outcrop, hills and plains in
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of Western Australia. It is a rigid, densely-branched, domed shrub with flat, linear
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from specimens collected about 63 km (39 mi) north-east of
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Scientific classification
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Plantae
Tracheophytes
Angiosperms
Eudicots
Rosids
Fabales
Fabaceae
Caesalpinioideae
Mimosoid clade
Acacia
Binomial name
Maslin

AVH
Synonyms
Pedley

Dumbleyung
Fabaceae
endemic
south-west
phyllodes
pods
glabrous
peduncle
aril
botanist

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