Gompholobium preissii | |
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Near Jurien Bay | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Fabales |
Family: | Fabaceae |
Subfamily: | Faboideae |
Genus: | Gompholobium |
Species: | G. preissii |
Binomial name | |
Gompholobium preissii | |
Synonyms [1] | |
Gompholobium hirsutum Paxton |
Gompholobium preissii 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 with five to fifteen leaflets, and yellow, red and orange, pea-like flowers.
Gompholobium preissii is an erect shrub that typically grows to a height of 10–40 cm (3.9–15.7 in). Its leaves are pinnate, 6–17 mm (0.24–0.67 in) long with five to fifteen leaflets. The flowers are mostly yellow or orange-red with brown, pink or purple markings, and are borne on pedicels 4.0–4.5 mm (0.16–0.18 in) long with bracteoles 3.5–5.0 mm (0.14–0.20 in) long attached. The sepals are 10–11 mm (0.39–0.43 in) long, the standard petal 10.0–10.2 mm (0.39–0.40 in) long, the wings 8.7–10 mm (0.34–0.39 in) long and the keel 7.6–8.2 mm (0.30–0.32 in) long. Flowering occurs from August to December and the fruit is a pod about 8 mm (0.31 in) long. [2]
Gompholobium preissii was first formally described in 1844 by Carl Meissner in Lehmann's Plantae Preissianae . [3] [4] The specific epithet (preissii) honours Ludwig Preiss. [5]
This species of gompholobium on lateritic soils and is widespread in the south-western of Western Australia. [2]
Gompholobium preissii is classified as "not threatened" by the Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife. [2]
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Petrophile drummondii is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to southwestern Western Australia. It is a shrub with rigid, pinnate leaves with needle-shaped, sharply-pointed pinnae, and spherical heads of hairy, fragrant, yellow flowers.
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Pultenaea empetrifolia is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a spindly, prostrate or spreading shrub with down-curved, cylindrical, grooved leaves and yellow to orange and red flowers.
Gompholobium burtonioides is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It an ascending shrub that typically grows to a height of 15–45 cm (5.9–17.7 in) and flowers from September to December producing yellow, pea-like flowers. This species was first formally described in 1844 by Carl Meissner in Lehmann's Plantae Preissianae. The specific epithet (burtonioides) means "Burtonia-like".
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Pultenaea pinifolia is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is an erect, slender shrub with pine-like leaves and yellow-orange flowers with orange marks.
Gompholobium ovatum is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is an erect or prostrate shrub with egg-shaped leaves and yellow and red to purple, pea-like flowers.
Bossiaea preissii is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to the south of Western Australia. It is a compact, glabrous shrub with egg-shaped leaves with the narrower end towards the base, and yellow, red, orange or apricot-coloured flowers.
Bossiaea pulchella is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a slender, erect shrub with egg-shaped leaves, and orange-yellow, purplish brown and dark red flowers.
Gompholobium shuttleworthii is a species of flowering plant in the pea family Fabaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is an erect shrub with pinnate leaves with five to nine leaflets, and pink or purple flowers with some darker markings.
Gompholobium villosum is a species of flowering plant in the pea family Fabaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a slender, erect shrub with simple, needle-shaped leaves with one or two grooves on the lower surface, and violet, pink or purple flowers.
Pultenaea strobilifera is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is an open to dense, domed or spindly, erect shrub with simple leaves and yellow-orange and salmon pink to bright pink flowers.
Gompholobium viscidulum is a species of flowering plant in the pea family Fabaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is an erect shrub with pinnate leaves with five to seven leaflets, and yellow flowers.
Daviesia benthamii is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to the west of Western Australia. It is an erect, bushy shrub with scattered, cylindrical, sharply pointed phyllodes, and yellow-orange and reddish-brown flowers.
Daviesia brachyphylla is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a spreading to bushy shrub with cylindrical phyllodes with a slightly downcurved point and orange, maroon and red flowers.
Daviesia preissii is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a glabrous shrub with scattered, vertically flattened, tapering, narrowly egg-shaped to elliptic, sharply-pointed phyllodes and yellow and red flowers.
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