Acacia leprosa

Acacia leprosa, also known as cinnamon wattle, is an acacia native to Australia. It occurs in woodland in Tasmania, New South Wales and Victoria. It occurs as a hardy shrub or small tree. The phyllodes (a modified flat leaf-like structure arising through an expanded petiole replacing the leaf blade) are 3–14 cm long and contain oil glands. The lemon-yellow flowers occur as globular heads in clusters in the leaf axils. The fruit is flat seed pod. A number of varieties are currently recognised within the species including: A. leprosa var. crassipoda Maslin & D.J.Murphy – type: Pyrenees Range, Victoria A. leprosa var. graveolens Maslin & D.J.Murphy – formerly known as Acacia verniciflua (southern variant), type: Gippsland Lakes A. leprosa Sieber ex DC. var. leprosa A. leprosa var. magna Maslin & D.J.Murphy – type: Cape Otway, Victoria A. leprosa var. uninervia Maslin & D.J.Murphy, formerly known as A. leprosa (large phyllode variant), type: near Healesville, Victoria Former varieties i......read more on Wikipedia.