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Acacia littorea, the shark tooth wattle, is a dense, pungent shrub from coastal Western Australia, grown for its shark-tooth shaped phyllodes and yellow flowers. It needs full sun and well-drained sandy soil, and it suits coastal gardens.
Acacia littorea, also known as the shark tooth wattle, is a shrub belonging to the genus Acacia and the subgenus Phyllodineae.
A. littorea is commercially available in seed form or as tubestock. It prefers a sunny position and well-drained soils and suits a coastal garden. The species is drought- and frost-tolerant. It is fast-growing but short-lived and suitable for erosion control or as a windbreak.
It is native to an area in the South West, Great Southern and Peel regions of Western Australia. The bulk of the population is found from Busselton east to Bremer Bay. An isolated population is found on Rottnest Island. A. littorea grows mostly on coastal dunes in deep sandy soils and in limestone area. It is commonly found in heath land communities and can be a dominant species.
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