Acacia perpusilla


Acacia perpusilla, commonly known as the King Edward River wattle, is a shrub of the genus Acacia and the subgenus Plurinerves that is endemic to a small area of north western Australia.

Description

The shrub typically grows to a height of around

Distribution

It is native to a small area in the Kimberley region of Western Australia. It has a limited distribution and is found on Theda Station about south west from Kalumburu in the northern Kimberley along the King Edward River where it is commonly situated among sandstone outcrops along watercourses growing in skeletal sandy soils in shrubland communities where it is associated with Heteropogon contortus and species of Sorghum.