Gompholobium hendersonii is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is an erect shrub with simple leaves, and red and purplish-brown, 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. hendersonii
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| Binomial name | |
| Gompholobium hendersonii | |
Description
editGompholobium hendersonii is an erect shrub that typically grows to a height of 30–90 cm (12–35 in). Its leaves are simple, 4.0–5.2 mm (0.16–0.20 in) long, 0.6–1 mm (0.024–0.039 in) wide and lacks stipules. The flowers are red and purplish-brown, borne on glabrous pedicels 3–5 mm (0.12–0.20 in) long with glabrous sepals 8.2–10 mm (0.32–0.39 in) long. The standard petal is 13–15 mm (0.51–0.59 in) long, the wings 10.5–11 mm (0.41–0.43 in) long and the keel 11–15 mm (0.43–0.59 in) long. Flowering occurs from September to October and the fruit is a pod.[2]
Taxonomy
editGompholobium hendersonii was first formally described in 1842 by Joseph Paxton in Paxton's Magazine of Botany from specimens grown in the gardens of "Messrs. Henderson, of Pine-apple Place" from seed collected in 1840 from the Swan River, by "Captain Mangles".[3][4] The specific epithet (hendersonii) honours the gardener, Joseph Henderson.[5]
Distribution and habitat
editThis pea grows on undulating plains in the Avon Wheatbelt Coolgardie and Mallee biogeographic regions in the south-west of Western Australia.[2]
Conservation status
editGompholobium hendersonii is classified as "not threatened" by the Government of Western Australia Department of Parks and Wildlife.[2]
References
edit- ^ "Gompholobium hendersonii". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
- ^ a b c "Gompholobium hendersonii". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
- ^ "Gompholobium hendersonii". APNI. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
- ^ Paxton, Joseph (1842). "New or Interesting Plants lately in flower at the Principal Suburban Nurseries and Gardens". Paxton's Magazine of Botany. 9: 117. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
- ^ Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 216. ISBN 9780958034180.