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)
The Pebble Bush (Stylobasium spathulatum) is endemic to the Northern Territory, Queensland, and Western Australia.
The word spathulatum is from the Latin spathulatus,-a,-um meaning “spoon-shaped” and refers to the shape of the leaves.
The Walmajarri people (of the Kimberley region of Western Australia) call this bush Kuparta.
Following image is of a species of case moth / bag moth attached to the branch of the Stylobasium spathulatum with pieces of the plant attached to the outer casing.
- Scientific classification
- Kingdom: Plantae
- Phylum: Charophyta
- Class: Equisetopsida
- Subclass: Magnoliidae
- Superorder: Rosanae
- Order: Fabales
- Family: Surianaceae
- Genus: Stylobasium
- Species: Stylobasium spathulatum
Footnote & References
- Stylobasium spathulatum Desf., Atlas of Living Australia, https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://id.biodiversity.org.au/node/apni/2918445
- Stylobasium spathulatum Desf., Pebble Bush, Western Australian Herbarium (1998–). Florabase—the Western Australian Flora. Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions, https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/browse/profile/3182
- Stylobasium spathulatum, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stylobasium_spathulatum (last visited Sept. 20, 2022)
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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