Jacksonia velveta Chappill

Scientific Description

Erect, shrub, spindly shrub (broom-like). Stems angular, spiny at least in part, hairy; pustules or glands absent. Leaves or phylloclades clearly present, simple, alternate, continuous with stem, 35-80 mm long, 15-18 mm wide, hairy, with simple hairs, flat with flat margins; margins dentate; tubercles absent; pustules or glands absent. Stipules apparently absent even from the youngest leaves. Pedicel present, 1-1.5 mm long, hairy. Bracteoles present and persistent, 1.5-3 mm long, hairy, not striate. Calyx 13-17.5 mm long, not accrescent, hairy, with glandular hairs, ribless; pustules or glands absent. Corolla 10-13 mm long, multicoloured, mostly yellow or orange, with some yellow or orange spots, streaks or blotches; claws present; standard 9.5-11 mm long, glabrous, not auriculate, wings 11.5-13 mm long, not auriculate, keel 10-12 mm long, not beaked, not auriculate, glabrous. Stamens ten; anthers 1.3-1.5 mm long, at two different levels (filaments alternately long and short), 6-8.2 mm long. Ovary stipitate, hairy or glandular; style 12-13 mm long, hairy or glandular towards the base, not bearded, terete. Fruit dehiscent (a pod or follicle), stipitate, not constricted between the seeds, round in cross-section, not beaked. Flowers in December. Occurs in the South-West Botanical Province, in the Avon Wheatbelt and Jarrah Forest IBRA regions. Conservation Code Threatened (T).