Gompholobium muticum

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Gompholobium muticum
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Genus: Gompholobium
Species:
G. muticum
Binomial name
Gompholobium muticum
Synonyms [1]
  • Gompholobium aristatum var. muticumBenth.
  • Gompholobium drummondiiMeisn. nom. illeg.
  • Gompholobium sp. 'Eneabba' (E.A.Griffin 5560)

Gompholobium muticum is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a low, bushy shrub with grooved, cylindrical leaves and pink or green, pea-like flowers.

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Description

Gompholobium muticum is a rounded, bushy shrub that typically grows to a height of up to 1 m (3 ft 3 in). Its leaves are cylindrical, 8–12 mm (0.31–0.47 in) long and 0.5–0.8 mm (0.020–0.031 in) wide but with one or two longitudinal grooves on the lower surface. The flowers are pink or green with pink or green markings, borne on pedicels 7–15 mm (0.28–0.59 in) long with hairy bracteoles 3–6 mm (0.12–0.24 in) long. The sepals are hairy, 10–13 mm (0.39–0.51 in) long, the standard petal 13–15 mm (0.51–0.59 in) long, the wings 10.5–11.5 mm (0.41–0.45 in) long and the keel 10–12 mm (0.39–0.47 in) long. Flowering occurs from October to November and the fruit is a cylindrical pod. [2]

Taxonomy

This species was first formally described in 1864 by George Bentham, who gave it the name Gompholobium aristatum var. muticum in Flora Australiensis . [3] [4] In 2008, Jennifer Anne Chappill raised the variety to species status as Gompholobium muticum in Australian Systematic Botany . [5] The specific epithet (muticum) means "blunt", referring to the leaves. [6]

Distribution and habitat

Gompholobium muticum grows in depressions, flats, hills and roadsides in the Avon Wheatbelt, Geraldton Sandplains, Jarrah Forest and Swan Coastal Plain biogeographic regions of south-western Western Australia. [2]

Conservation status

Gompholobium muticum is classified as "not threatened" by the Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Gompholobium muticum". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 "Gompholobium muticum". FloraBase . Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
  3. "Gompholobium aristatum var. muticum". APNI. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
  4. Bentham, George; von Mueller, Ferdinand (1864). Flora Australiensis. Vol. 2. London: Lovell Reeve & Co. p. 46. Retrieved 15 August 2021.
  5. "Gompholobium muticum". APNI. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
  6. Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 247. ISBN   9780958034180.