Jacksonia pendens

Jacksonia pendens is an erect, densely branched shrub that typically grows up to 1.2–4 m (3 ft 11 in – 13 ft 1 in) high and 1–2 m (3 ft 3 in – 6 ft 7 in) wide, its branches green or greyish-green, the end branches densely-hairy, sharply-pointed phylloclades. Its leaves are reduced to egg-shaped or narrowly egg-shaped, sharply-pointed, dark brown scales, 0.5–1.5 mm (0.020–0.059 in) long, 0.35–1.0 mm (0.014–0.039 in) wide. The flowers are arranged near the tips of the branches, each flower on a pedicel 1.6–2.3 mm (0.063–0.091 in) long. There are egg-shaped bracteoles 0.7–1.2 mm (0.028–0.047 in) long and 0.4–0.6 mm (0.016–0.024 in) wide on the pedicels. The floral tube is 1.1–1.4 mm (0.043–0.055 in) long and ribbed. The sepals are membranous, the lobes 1.7–2.3 mm (0.067–0.091 in) long and 1.4–1.7 mm (0.055–0.067 in) wide and fused at the base for 3.2–3.7 mm (0.13–0.15 in). The petals are yellow-orange, the standard petal 4.7–5.4 mm (0.19–0.21 in) long and 5–7 mm (0.20–0.28 in) deep, the wings 4.0–4.7 mm (0.16–0.19 in) long, and the keel 4.0–4.7 mm (0.16–0.19 in) long. The stamens have green filaments 3.1–5.3 mm (0.12–0.21 in) long. Flowering occurs from April to October, and the fruit is a woody, elliptic pod, 4.3–5.5 mm (0.17–0.22 in) long, 2.3–2.5 mm (0.091–0.098 in) wide and densely covered with white hairs.

This species of Jacksonia grows in woodland over laterite or sandstone in the Arnhem Plateau, Darwin Coastal and Pine Creek bioregions in the north of the Northern Territory.