Gompholobium hendersonii
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| Gompholobium hendersonii | |
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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. hendersonii |
| Binomial name | |
| Gompholobium hendersonii | |
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.
Gompholobium 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
Gompholobium 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]