Scientific Name: Jacksonia scoparia

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  • Pronunciation:
    jack−SO−nee−a skoh-PAR-ee-uh
  • Common Name:
    Dogwood
  • Type:
    Shrub
  • Family:
    FABACEAE
  • Flowers:
    Clusters of yellow pea flowers, spring
  • Fruit:
    Hairy pods to 12mm
  • Vegetation Type:
    Eucalypt Forest - gravelly and poor soils
  • Species List:
    SBHS, Yellow Pea Flowers, Bush food, Emu Mt., NLTalks2010, Cooroibah Airstrip, Fraser Island, Cooroibah Conservation Park, Cooroibah Bushland Reserve, Cranks Creek, Batianoff 87, Noosa North Shore PS, TAFE, Noosa Banks, Noosa River NP, BHNR, Arthur Harrold NR,, NNS,
Cultural Notes

Timber gives off an unpleasant odour when burnt. Honey Production: colour unknown, honey source minor, pollen source medium.||Trunk cut and gum exudation eaten at certain times of the moon.||

Identification Notes

Leafless twiggy shrub with photosynthesizing stems

Associated Fauna

Butterfly host plant: Cyprotus blue.

Landscaping Notes

Open, weeping shrub for well-drained soils. Spectacular in flower.