Newhaven FloraButterfly Bush (Petalostylis cassioides) Desert Poplar (Codonocarpus cotinifolius) Fork-leaved Corkwood (Hakea divaricata) Newcastelia spodiotricha Pebble Bush (Stylobasium spathulatum) Senna pleurocarpa Tar Bush (Eremophila glabra)
Known as the Butterfly Bush (Petalostylis cassioides) this spreading shrub is closely related to the cassias and occurs only in Australia, growing widely in the dry inland parts of Australia. It grows to about 1-1.5 metres high, has hairy covering which is sparse to dense.
The flowers appear in clusters of 1-3, with 5 petals, a deep yellow with red marking that appear like ‘eyebrows’, taken together sometimes ‘heart shape’ in appearance, on the upper petals. The 3 stamens in the centre and the style projects like a boat-shaped petal. The leaves have many small leaflets (23-55), which are mostly notched and sometimes hooked.
Aborigines are known to rub the crushed leaves on the skin to treat various ailments.
- Scientific classification
- Kingdom: Plantae
- Phylum: Charophyta
- Class: Equisetopsida
- Subclass: Magnoliidae
- Superorder: Rosanae
- Order: Fabales
- Family: Fabaceae
- Genus: Petalostylis
- Species: Petalostylis cassioides
Newhaven FloraButterfly Bush (Petalostylis cassioides) Desert Poplar (Codonocarpus cotinifolius) Fork-leaved Corkwood (Hakea divaricata) Newcastelia spodiotricha Pebble Bush (Stylobasium spathulatum) Senna pleurocarpa Tar Bush (Eremophila glabra)
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