Scarlet Blaze

Acacia leprosa

Acacia leprosa, also known as cinnamon wattle, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to eastern Australia. It is an erect or spreading, sticky, aromatic shrub, occasionally a tree, elliptic or narrowly elliptic to lance-shaped phyllodes, usually two spherical heads of pale yellow flowers and thinly leathery to firmly papery pods.

Acacia leprosa 'Scarlet Blaze'

Acacia 'Scarlet Blaze' is a cultivar of Acacia leprosa originating from Victoria in Australia. It is noted for its unusual red flowers.

Scarlet (color)

Scarlet is a bright red color, sometimes with a slightly orange tinge. In the spectrum of visible light, and on the traditional color wheel, it is one-quarter of the way between red and orange, slightly less orange than vermilion.

scarlet

Noun

1. A brilliant red colour sometimes tinged with orange.
2. Cloth of a scarlet color.

Adjective

1. Of a bright red colour.
2. Sinful or whorish.

blaze

Noun

1. A fire, especially a fast-burning fire producing a lot of flames and light.
2. Intense, direct light accompanied with heat.

Verb

1. To be on fire, especially producing bright flames.
2. To send forth or reflect a bright light; shine like a flame.