Lavender-bush

Geijera parviflora, commonly known as wilga or Australian willow, is a small evergreen tree in the family Rutaceae endemic to inland eastern Australia, occurring in Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, and South Australia, where it is a characteristic species of semi-arid woodland. The tree typically grows 4 to 10 metres tall with a dense, rounded crown and a short, fluted trunk clad in dark grey, finely fissured bark. The slender, pendulous branchlets give the canopy a weeping, willow-like appearance. The leaves are alternate, simple, narrow-lanceolate to almost linear, 6 to 20 centimetres long and 5 to 12 millimetres wide, dull dark green, leathery, and conspicuously dotted with oil glands that release a strong, slightly camphorous aroma when crushed. Small, cream to greenish-white flowers about 5 millimetres across are borne in terminal and axillary panicles in late winter through spring. Fruits are small woody capsules 3 to 5 millimetres across, splitting to release glossy black seeds. It is a valuable shade and fodder tree.