Plants of South Eastern New South Wales
Jacksonia scoparia
Common name
Dogwood, Winged broom-pea
Family
Fabaceae
Where found
Variety of habitats, including woodland, shrubland, roadsides, and rocky areas. Coast, ranges, and tablelands. Possibly Western Slopes.
Notes
Shrub or tree to 12 m tall. Usually weeping. The wood emits an offensive odour when burning. Stems angled or winged, hairy with minute hairs. Leaves alternating up the stems, usually reduced to scales; occasionally a few leaves present at the base of the branches or on young plants. Flowers sweet smelling, 5-10 mm long, pea shaped, with 5 petals, 2 joined together to form the keel, cream to orange-yellow, in clusters of few flowers at the ends of the branches and at the base of the upper leaves. Flowers Spring to Summer.
PlantNET description: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Jacksonia~scoparia (accessed 19 January, 2021)
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