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  Name Granite wattle
  Regnum Plantae
  Divisio Magnoliophyta
  Classis Magnoliopsida
  Ordo Fabales
  Familia Fabaceae
  Genus '' Acacia ''
  Species '''''A quadrimarginea'''''
  Binomial ''Acacia quadrimarginea''
  Binomial Authority FMuell


''Acacia quadrimarginea'', commonly known as '''granite wattle''' or '''spreading wattle''', is a Tree in the Family Fabaceae . Endemic to Western Australia , it occurs through arid south-central Western Australia. It is common on Granite , but also occurs on sand and clay, and is often seen along creeklines in rocky hills.

Granite wattle grows as a small tree up to six metres high, and often wider than it is high. Like most '' Acacia '' species, it has Phyllode s rather than true leaves. These are green with a faint red margin, up to ten centimetres long, and slightly curved. The flowers are yellow, and held in cylindrical clusters. The pods are four sided and thick, up to fifteen centimetres long.


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