| Common Wedge-pea | |
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| Gomphobium huegelii in the Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens in Hobart | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Genus: | Gompholobium |
| Species: | G. huegelii |
| Binomial name | |
| Gompholobium huegelii Benth.[1] |
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Gompholobium huegelii (Common Wedge-pea) is a scrambling herbaceous plant endemic to the eastern half of Australia . It is a member of the family Fabaceae and of the genus Gompholobium. The leaves have 3 linear leaflets that about 10 mm long and 1 mm wide which are sessile on the more or less procumbent stems. The flowers, which appear in spring, are a uniform clear yellow.
It occurs in Tasmania, Victoria and New South Wales.[2]