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Acacia arrecta, commonly known as yarnda nyirra wattle or Fortescue wattle, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to the Pilbara region of Western Australia. It is a compact, spreading shrub with curved, phyllodes that are round in cross-section, spherical heads of bright yellow flowers, and rigid, linear pods up to 55 mm (2.2 in) long.
This species of Acacia is native to an area in the Pilbara region where it commonly grows on stony flats and low rocky hills in shallow rocky soils. The range of the plant is from around Millstream Chichester National Park in the west to around Nullagine in the east and as far south as the Hamersley Range near Wittenoom. It is quite common in areas where it is found but has an overall scattered distribution. It is usually a part of shrubland communities that is dominated spinifex.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Acacia arrecta by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
