Jacksonia quinkanensis

Jacksonia quinkanensis is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to Queensland.

It is an erect, delicate, densely branching shrub, the end branches phylloclades, the leaves reduced to egg-shaped scale leaves, the flowers yellow-orange, and the fruit a woody, densely hairy pod.

[2] Jacksonia quinkanensis was first formally described in 2007 by Jennifer Anne Chappill in Australian Systematic Botany from specimens collected on Peninsula Developmental Road about 8.5 km (5.3 mi) from Laura.

[2][3] The specific epithet (quinkanensis) refers to the primary area of distribution in Quinkan country.

[2] This species of Jacksonia grows in woodland on yellow or red sand over sandstone, mostly in Quinkan country near Laura.