Gompholobium cinereum
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| Gompholobium cinereum | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Faboideae |
| Genus: | Gompholobium |
| Species: | G. cinereum |
| Binomial name | |
| Gompholobium cinereum | |
Gompholobium cinereum is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It a shrub that typically grows to a height of up to 30 cm (12 in) and flowers from September to November producing purple, pea-like flowers.[2] This species was first formally described in 2008 by Jennifer Anne Chappill in Australian Systematic Botany from specimens collected in Wilroy Nature Reserve, south of Mullewa in 1995.[3] The specific epithet (cinereum) means "ash-coloured", referring to the overall appearance of the plant.[4]
Gompholobium cinereum grows in open sites, slopes and roadsides in the Avon Wheatbelt, Coolgardie, Geraldton Sandplains and Yalgoo biogeographic regions of south-western Western Australia. It is classified as "Priority Three" by the Government of Western Australia Department of Parks and Wildlife,[2] meaning that it is poorly known and known from only a few locations but is not under imminent threat.[5]