Jacksonia (plant) Jacksonia (plant) Jacksonia is a genus of about forty, mostly leafless broom-like shrubs or small trees in the flowering plant family Fabaceae. The genus is endemic to Australia and species occur in a range of habitats in all Australian states except South Australia. Plants in the genus "Jacksonia" are mostly leafless shrubs or small trees with rigid branches, and leaves reduced to small scales. The flowers are arranged in spikes or racemes with small bracts or bracteoles. The sepals are joined to form a short tube and the petals are usually shorter than the sepals. The standard or banner petal
Trichostema simulatum long cyme of flowers growing from the stem between each leaf pair. Each flower has a hairy calyx of sepals with triangular points and a tubular, lipped purple corolla. The four protruding stamens are curved. Trichostema simulatum Trichostema simulatum is a species of flowering plant in the mint family known by the common name Siskiyou bluecurls. It is native to the southern Cascade Range in northern California and southern Oregon, and in the northern Sierra Nevada in California. It grows in open and generally sandy or gravelly sites of Yellow pine forests and adjacent habitats, at in elevation. "Trichostema simulatum"