Gompholobium grandiflorum

Gompholobium grandiflorum
Large Wedge-pea at Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park, Australia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Genus: Gompholobium
Species: G. grandiflorum
Binomial name
Gompholobium grandiflorum
Sm.
Synonyms

Gompholobium grandiflorum, known as the Large Wedge-pea, is a shrub of the pea family which is endemic to the central eastern parts of New South Wales, in Australia. A common plant around Sydney and the Blue Mountains. It is seen as far south as Jervis Bay.

The habitat is heath on sandstone soils, open forest or eucalyptus woodland. The specific epithet grandiflorum refers to the impressive lemon/yellow flowers.

Leaves are in threes, very narrow, 20 to 30 mm long and 1 mm wide.[1] Flowering occurs in late winter and spring. The fruit is a pod, around 15 mm long.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Gompholobium grandiflorum, PlantNET - NSW Flora Online". http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Gompholobium~grandiflorum. Retrieved 2010-08-22. 
  2. ^ Alan Fairley – Wildflowers of Sydney & adjoining areas ISBN 187647338X page 141