Cedar wattle

Acacia terminalis, the cedar wattle or sunshine wattle, is a small tree or tall shrub in the Fabaceae endemic to southeastern Australia, occurring from southern Queensland through New South Wales to Victoria and Tasmania. It commonly grows 1.5-6 m tall with a somewhat sparse, spreading habit and ribbed, reddish young stems. Unlike many Australian acacias, this species retains true bipinnate leaves throughout life rather than developing phyllodes; the leaves are dark green, 4-12 cm long, with 2-8 pairs of pinnae each bearing numerous small oblong leaflets. Bright yellow, globose flower heads 5-8 mm in diameter are borne in showy axillary or terminal racemes from late summer through winter. The pods that follow are flat, oblong, brown, and 4-12 cm long, containing several black seeds with a yellow aril. It grows in sandstone heath, dry sclerophyll forest, and open woodland.