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is a smooth shrub which grows to a height of 1 to 4 metres. The
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564:World Wide Wattle
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346:Description
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317:Gulf Plains
127:Subfamily:
75:Angiosperms
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446:References
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275:New Guinea
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355:phyllodes
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436:List of
430:See also
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242:Pedley
238:Benth.
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101:Rosids
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796:GRIN
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