Gompholobium foliolosum
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| Fern-leaved burtonia | |
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| In the Pilliga Nature Reserve | |
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Faboideae |
| Genus: | Gompholobium |
| Species: | G. foliolosum |
| Binomial name | |
| Gompholobium foliolosum | |
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Gompholobium foliolosum is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to eastern Australia. It is an erect shrub with pinnate leaves and orange-red, pea-like flowers.
Gompholobium foliolosum is an erect, more or less glaucous shrub that typically grows to a height of up to 1 m (3 ft 3 in). The leaves are pinnate, 11–21 mm (0.43–0.83 in) long, the leaflets wedge-shaped, egg-shaped or heart-shaped with the narrower end towards the base, 2–4 mm (0.079–0.157 in) long, 1.0–1.5 mm (0.039–0.059 in) wide and more or less glabrous. The flowers are arranged in small groups on the ends of branchlets, each flower on a pedicel 4–7 mm (0.16–0.28 in) long. The sepals are about 4 mm (0.16 in) long and the flowers are orange-red and 5–6 mm (0.20–0.24 in) long. Flowering occurs in spring and the fruit is a more or less spherical pod about 5 mm (0.20 in) long.[2]