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Acacia Leprosa
''Acacia leprosa'', also known as cinnamon wattle, is an acacia native to Australia. It occurs in woodland in 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 phyll ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Longwood Gardens
Longwood Gardens is a botanical garden that consists of over 1,077 acres (436 hectares; 4.36 km2) of gardens, woodlands, and meadows in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania, United States in the Brandywine Creek Valley. It is one of the premier horticultural display gardens in the United States and is open to visitors year-round to enjoy native and exotic plants and horticulture (both indoor and outdoor), events and performances, seasonal and themed attractions, as well as educational lectures, courses, and workshops. History Longwood Gardens has a long varied history. For thousands of years, the native Lenni Lenape tribe fished its streams, hunted its forests, and planted its fields. Evidence of the tribe's existence is found in quartz spear points that have been discovered on and around the property and can be found on display in the Peirce-du Pont House on the Longwood Gardens property. In 1700, a Quaker farmer named George Peirce purchased 402 acres of this English-claimed l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
