Gompholobium gairdnerianum
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| Gompholobium gairdnerianum | |
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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. gairdnerianum |
| Binomial name | |
| Gompholobium gairdnerianum | |
Gompholobium gairdnerianum is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to the far west of Western Australia. It is an erect, slender, multistemmed shrub with yellow, pea-like flowers.
Gompholobium gairdnerianum is an erect, multi-stemmed shrub that typically grows to a height of up to 50 cm (20 in). Its leaves are 10–23 mm (0.39–0.91 in) long and 4–8 mm (0.16–0.31 in) wide with stipules 3.2–4.5 mm (0.13–0.18 in) long at the base. The flowers are uniformly yellow, and borne on a glabrous pedicel 5–9 mm (0.20–0.35 in) long with glabrous sepals 9.5–14 mm (0.37–0.55 in) long. The standard petal is 9–18.5 mm (0.35–0.73 in) long, the wings 7.6–9 mm (0.30–0.35 in) long and the keel 10–13.8 mm (0.39–0.54 in) long. Flowering occurs from September to November and the fruit is a glabrous pod 12–14 mm (0.47–0.55 in) long.[2]
Taxonomy
Gompholobium gairdnerianum was first formally described in 2008 by Jennifer Anne Chappill in Australian Systematic Botany from specimens collected near Mount Lesueur in 1979.[3] The specific epithet (gairdnerianum) refers to the Gairdner Range where this species occurs.[4]