Jacksonia sternbergiana

Jacksonia sternbergiana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Genus: Jacksonia
Species: J. sternbergiana
Binomial name
Jacksonia sternbergiana
Benth.

Jacksonia sternbergiana, commonly known as stinkwood or green stinkwood, is a species of shrub or small tree that occurs in the south-west of Western Australia. It grows to between 1.5 and 5 metres high, has a weeping habit, and produces yellow and orange pea flowers in the summer.[1]

This plant provides food for the larvae of several species of butterfly, including the turquoise jewel, fringed heath-blue, and long-tailed pea-blue.[2]

References

  1. Department of Environment and Conservation, Western Australia. "FloraBase - The Western Australian Flora: Jacksonia sternbergiana".
  2. Braby, M.F. Butterflies of Australia - their identification, biology and distribution. CSIRO.