Gompholobium roseum
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| Gompholobium roseum | |
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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. roseum |
| Binomial name | |
| Gompholobium roseum | |
Gompholobium roseum 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 pinnate leaves and yellow, pink or green, pea-like flowers with pink or green markings.
Gompholobium roseum is an erect shrub with hairy, pinnate leaves 5–7 mm (0.20–0.28 in) long. The flowers are borne on hairy pedicels 10–15 mm (0.39–0.59 in) long with hairy bracteoles 1.5–1.7 mm (0.059–0.067 in) long. The sepals are 8.5–9 mm (0.33–0.35 in) long, the standard petal is yellow, pink or green with yellow, pink or green markings and 11.5–12.0 mm (0.45–0.47 in) long, the wings 9.5–10 mm (0.37–0.39 in) long, and the keel 10–11 mm (0.39–0.43 in) long. Flowering occurs in October and the fruit is a cylindrical pod.[2]
Taxonomy
Gompholobium roseum was first formally described in 2008 by Jennifer Anne Chappill in Australian Systematic Botany from specimens collected by Robert Royce near Watheroo National Park in 1971.[3] The specific epithet (roseum) means "rosy", referring to the flowers.[4]