Scientific Name: Jacksonia scoparia

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  • Common Name:
    Dogwood, Broombush
  • Type:
    Shrub
  • Family:
    FABACEAE
  • Flowers:
    Yellow, spring
  • Fruit:
    Pod
  • Vegetation Type:
    Dry Eucalypt Forest, Coastal lowlands,
  • 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.||

Associated Fauna

Butterfly host plant: Cyprotus blue.

Landscaping Notes

Noosa Council Preferred Species list . Suitable plant for appropriate soil type (see Vegetation type) Successfully propogated by Noosa & District Landcare. Dense weeping shrub for well-drained soils. Can grow in harsh conditions with gravelly and sandy soils.||Successfully propagated by Tin Can Bay City Farm Nursery.|| Successfully propagated by Barung Landcare||