Gompholobium gompholobioides is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a spreading shrub with pinnate leaves and uniformly yellow, pea-like flowers.
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Faboideae |
| Genus: | Gompholobium |
| Species: | G. gompholobioides
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| Binomial name | |
| Gompholobium gompholobioides | |
Description
editGompholobium gompholobioides is a spreading shrub that typically grows to a height of 7–40 cm (2.8–15.7 in). Its leaves are pinnate with an odd number of leaflets that are 3.5–5.5 mm (0.14–0.22 in) long with stipules at the base of the leaf. The flowers are uniformly yellow, borne on a glabrous pedicel 1.0–1.5 mm (0.039–0.059 in) long with hairy sepals 6.0–6.5 mm (0.24–0.26 in) long. The standard petal is 6–8 mm (0.24–0.31 in) long, the wings 5.0–6.6 mm (0.20–0.26 in) long and the keel 5.0–6.5 mm (0.20–0.26 in) long. Flowering occurs from September to March and the fruit is a pod.[2]
Taxonomy
editThis pea was first formally in 1876 by Ferdinand von Mueller who gave it the name Burtonia gompholobioides in Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae.[3][4] In 1987, Michael Crisp changed the name to Gompholobium gompholobioides.[5] The specific epithet (gompholobioides) means "like Gastrolobium" - the species was initially given the name Burtonia gompholobioides.[6]
Distribution and habitat
editThis pea grows on sand dunes and plains in the Avon Wheatbelt, Coolgardie, Esperance Plains, Geraldton Sandplains, Great Victoria Desert, Mallee and Yalgoo biogeographic regions in the far west of Western Australia.[2]
Conservation status
editGompholobium gompholobioides is classified as "not threatened" by the Government of Western Australia Department of Parks and Wildlife.[2]
References
edit- ^ "Gompholobium gompholobioides". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
- ^ a b c "Gompholobium gompholobioides". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
- ^ "Burtonia gompholobioides". APNI. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
- ^ von Mueller, Ferdinand (1876). Fragmenta phytographiae Australiae. Vol. 10. Melbourne: Victorian Government Printer. pp. 34–35. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
- ^ "Gompholobium gompholobioides". APNI. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
- ^ Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 208. ISBN 9780958034180.