Jacksonia sternbergiana

Common name: Stinkwood

Meaning of name:

Jacksonia honours George Jackson (1780 – 1811) a Scottish botanist. Sternbergiana honours Caspar Moritz von Sternberg (1761 – 1838), a Bohemium botanist and patron, a founder of the Bohemian National Museum, Prague.

Distribution:

Occurs in the south west of Western Australia.

Description:

A shrub to 4 metres tall. The yellow flowers are produced all year.

References:

Western Australian Plant Names and their Meanings, a Glossary. FA Sharr. 1996.

Flora of the Perth Region. NG Marchant, JR Wheeler, BL Rye, EM Bennett, NS Lander, TD Macfarlane. 1987.

Atlas of Living Australia https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://id.biodiversity.org.au/node/apni/2889195

Florabase https://florabase.dbca.wa.gov.au/browse/profile/4029