Date of issue: 14 September 2021
Designer: Keith Downes, Australia Post Design Studio
Printer: EGO

This is part a series of 3 'Wattle Wonders' stamps.

Plant: Acacia purpureopetala

Family: FABACEAE

Purple Wattle

Tiny shrub to 50 cm high with stiff lanceolate phyllodes
Ball-shaped flowers are purple, about 1 cm diameter on short stalks.

Distribution: North Queensland.