Whibley (1979) describes the history of the collections of <I>A. carnei</I> in South Australia and the account of a trip made in 1978 to the major sites in the east of the State. He states that it is readily mistaken for a Hakea in the field. It seems to occur in colonies of 20-60 plants which are clonal (i.e. develop from suckers) though it would obviously depend on the season, flowers were never common and fruits were rare.

<P>A single collection of <I>A. carnei</I> from Ooldea is in the State Herbarium, collected by T. G. B. Osborn in August 1922. It has never been relocated although the area about Ooldea was well collected by E. Ising. T. G. B. Osborn also collected <I>A. carnei</I> at Koonamore and it is likely that some muddling of labels has occurred.