![Jacksonia furcellata foliage](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bb/Jacksonia_furcellata_foliage.jpg)
''Jacksonia furcellata'', commonly known as grey stinkwood, is a
species
In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate s ...
of leafless
broom
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-like
shrub
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or small
tree
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in the family,
, that occurs in the south west of
Western Australia
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. One of the most common plants of the
Swan Coastal Plain
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, it is an excellent colonizer of newly cleared land. It is often seen growing where soil has recently been disturbed, such as alongside new roads.
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Mirbelioids
Fabales of Australia
Rosids of Western Australia
Taxa named by Aimé Bonpland
furcellata
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