Jacksonia chappilliae
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| Jacksonia chappilliae | |
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Faboideae |
| Genus: | Jacksonia |
| Species: | J. chappilliae |
| Binomial name | |
| Jacksonia chappilliae | |
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Jacksonia chappilliae is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to a restricted area of northern New South Wales. It is an erect shrub with its end-branches sharply-pointed phylloclades, and yellow-orange flowers with red markings scattered along the branches.
Jacksonia chappilliae is an erect shrub that typically grows up to 0.25–2 m (9.8 in – 6 ft 6.7 in) high and 0.25–1.5 m (9.8 in – 4 ft 11.1 in) wide and has many stems. The end branches are sharply-pointed, densely hairy, erect and winged. Its leaves are reduced to scales, 0.35–1.1 mm (0.014–0.043 in) long and 0.3–0.8 mm (0.012–0.031 in) wide. The flowers are scattered along the branches, each flower on a pedicel 2.3–3.8 mm (0.091–0.150 in) long, with egg-shaped bracteoles 0.4–0.6 mm (0.016–0.024 in) long and 0.35–0.6 mm (0.014–0.024 in) wide with toothed edges. The floral tube is 0.6–0.8 mm (0.024–0.031 in) long and the sepals are membraneous and deep red, with lobes 3.0–3.4 mm (0.12–0.13 in) long and 0.9–1.6 mm (0.035–0.063 in) wide, the upper lobes longer and wider than the lower lobes. The flowers are yellow-orange with red markings, the standard petal 5.0–5.4 mm (0.20–0.21 in) long and 7.5–10.2 mm (0.30–0.40 in) wide, the wings 5.0–5.7 mm (0.20–0.22 in) long, and the keel 4.3–6.1 mm (0.17–0.24 in) long. The stamens have yellowish-green filaments and are 2.3–5.3 mm (0.091–0.209 in) long. Flowering occurs from September to November, and the fruit is a membraneous, densely hairy pod 4.5–7.0 mm (0.18–0.28 in) long and 2.5–4.0 mm (0.098–0.157 in) wide.[2][3]