Gompholobium viscidulum

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Gompholobium viscidulum
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Genus: Gompholobium
Species:
G. viscidulum
Binomial name
Gompholobium viscidulum

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.

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Description

Gompholobium viscidulum is an erect shrub that typically grows to a height of 20–45 cm (7.9–17.7 in) and has glabrous stems. The leaves are arranged alternately along the branches, pinnate and 10–18 mm (0.39–0.71 in) long with five to seven leaflets. The flowers are uniformly yellow, each flower on a pedicel 2.0–3.5 mm (0.079–0.138 in) long with bracteoles attached. The sepals are 8–9 mm (0.31–0.35 in) long, the standard petal 11.0–11.4 mm (0.43–0.45 in) long, the wings 8.2–9.4 mm (0.32–0.37 in) long and the keel 8.5–9.0 mm (0.33–0.35 in) long. Flowering occurs from September to November and the fruit is a cylindrical pod. [2]

Taxonomy

Gompholobium viscidulum was first formally described in 1844 by Carl Meissner in Lehmann's Plantae Preissianae . [3] [4] The specific epithet (viscidulum) means "somewhat sticky". [5]

Distribution and habitat

This species of pea grows on sandplains and on hillsides in the Avon Wheatbelt, Coolgardie, Esperance Plains and Mallee biogeographic regions of south-western Western Australia. [2]

Conservation status

Gompholobium viscidulum is classified as "not threatened" by the Government of Western Australia Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions. [2]

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References

  1. "Gompholobium viscidulum". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 "Gompholobium viscidulum". FloraBase . Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
  3. "Gompholobium viscidulum". APNI. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
  4. Meissner, Carl; Lehmann, Johann G.C. (1844). Plantae Preissianae. Vol. 1. Hamburg. pp. 39–40. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
  5. Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. pp. 336–337. ISBN   9780958034180.