Australian Native Plants

   Jacksonia furcellata


Jacksonia furcellata photo
Jacksonia furcellata (cultivated, labelled) Maranoa Gardens, Balwyn, Victoria, Australia

Photograph by Melburnian. Some rights reserved.




GREY STINKWOOD FACTS

Common Name
Grey Stinkwood

Description
Grey Stinkwood is greyish in appearance with leafless stems like broom. It is variable in form from prostrate to decumbent to a weeping or upright shrub. It produces yellow or orange flowers in late spring and summer (from October to March).

Height
0.4m - 4m

Habitat
Grey Stinkwood is found on sand plains, swampy depressions and river banks. It is a good coloniser of cleared land and is often seen growing where soil has been disturbed, such as along road sides.

Distribution
south west of Western Australia where it is a common plant of the Swan Coastal Plain

Classification
Class:Magnoliopsida
Order:Fabales
Family:Fabaceae
Genus:Jacksonia
Species:furcellata
Common Name:Grey Stinkwood