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have a narrowly elliptic to oblanceolate shape with a length of 6 to 14.5 cm (2.4 to 5.7 in) and a width of 3 to 12 mm (0.12 to 0.47 in). The phyllodes are rigid and erect to ascending, generally straight but sometimes shallowly incurved with numerous parallel longitudinal nerves.
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The open, spreading or infundibular shrub typically grows to a height of 1.3 to 3.6 metres (4 to 12 ft). It mostly has a V-shaped habit but is sometimes rounded shrubs and generally has three to six main stems but is sometimes single-stemmed and with a spindly habit. The rounded and moderately
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form scattered flower-heads over the plant. The flowerheads have an obloid to spherical shape with a length of 10 to 15 mm (0.39 to 0.59 in) and a width of 8 to 11 mm (0.31 to 0.43 in) and contain 70 to 90 densely packed mid-golden flowers. The linear and flat
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417:List of
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303:Taxonomy
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