Acacia leprosa occurring in Vic. and N.S.W. has similar features and habit. Acacia verniciflua is very similar in habit and is difficult to distinguish, unless a closer examination is made to reveal its two prominent veins on its phyllodes. Acacia stricta has some similarities but differs in not being a resinous shrub and usually has more flowers in the phyllode axils on shorter peduncles. Possible hyhrids have been recorded between A. dodonaeifolia and A. paradoxa from southern Eyre Peninsula, see under this species for further details.