Jacksonia sternbergiana
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] The Noongar peoples know the plant as kabbur, koorpa or mondurn.[2]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Faboideae |
| Genus: | Jacksonia |
| Species: | J. sternbergiana |
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This plant provides food for the larvae of several species of butterfly, including the turquoise jewel, fringed heath-blue, and long-tailed pea-blue.[3]
References
- Department of Environment and Conservation, Western Australia. "FloraBase - The Western Australian Flora: Jacksonia sternbergiana".
- "Noongar names for plants". kippleonline.net. Archived from the original on 20 November 2016. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
- Braby, M.F. Butterflies of Australia - their identification, biology and distribution. CSIRO.
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