Common name: Wallum Dogwood
Jacksonia stackhousei F.Muell. APNI* 
Description: Decumbent, rarely erect shrub to c. 0.5 m high; branchlets terete, longitudinally furrowed, minutely pubescent or glabrous.
Leaves reduced to small scales.
Flowers 1 or 2 in upper leaf axils; pedicels 1 mm long, pubescent. Calyx 6–9 mm long, silky-pubescent, teeth ovate-triangular, 3–4 mm wide, upper pair united for two-thirds of their length. Corolla 6–9 mm long, yellow with a darker keel.
Pod ovoid, to 5 mm long, flat, sessile, concealed in calyx.
Flowering: spring.
Distribution and occurrence: In coastal heath and scrub, north of Wooli.
NSW subdivisions: NC
Other Australian states: Qld
Text by B. Wiecek
Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 2 (1991)
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