Fl. Australia 11B: 491 (2001)
Taxonomic status:Accepted
Occurrence status:Present
Establishment means:Native (naturalised in part(s) of state)
Spreading, tangled, rarely erect shrub to 5 m high and 15 m or more wide. Phyllodes linear or narrowly elliptic, 5–12 cm long, 10–30 mm wide, subcoriaceous, sometimes fleshy, rounded-obtuse or sometimes with a small mucronate point, often yellowish-green. Pods commonly coiled or contorted, often somewhat coriaceous and sometimes drawn out into a long beak. Flowers Jul.–Oct.
Brid, CVU, DunT, EGL, GipP, Glep, GGr, HSF, OtP, OtR, Strz, VRiv, VVP, WaP, WPro, Wim. Widespread in coastal sand-dunes and nearby heaths and woodlands, possibly invading the hinterland; also occurring in Grampians.
See A. oxycedrus for notes about hybrids with that species.
Bioregion | Occurrence status | Establishment means | |
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Wimmera | present | native | |
Glenelg Plain | present | native | |
Bridgewater | present | native | |
Victorian Volcanic Plain | present | native | |
Victorian Riverina | present | native | |
Gippsland Plain | present | native | |
Otway Plain | present | native | |
Warrnambool Plain | present | native | |
Central Victorian Uplands | present | native | |
Greater Grampians | present | native | |
Dundas Tablelands | present | native | |
East Gippsland Lowlands | present | native | |
Wilsons Promontory | present | native | |
Highlands-Southern Fall | present | native | |
Otway Ranges | present | native | |
Strzelecki Ranges | present | native |
State |
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Western Australia |
Northern Territory |
South Australia |
Queensland |
New South Wales |
Australian Capital Territory |
Victoria |
Tasmania |