In A. leiocalyx the small branches are smooth, sharply angular and usually red-brown, the pulvinus is short and red, and the calyx is hairless, or almost so.

A. concurrens, on the other hand, has stouter, angular branchlets which are scaly and usually not distinctly reddish, a long grey-green pulvinus, and calyces with a few stiff short hairs towards their base.

herveyensis Pedley, Austrobaileya 1: 180 (1978)[2] "The species includes many different forms which are widespread in Queensland from the coast to more than 325 km inland, mostly on stony or gravelly soils.

It is eaten by livestock in times of scarcity but is not of major importance as a drought fodder (Everist, 1969).

[1] The seeds and gum are apparently edible, but caution should be taken - especially as there are so many difficult to identify similar species.