Gompholobium glabratum
| Dainty Wedge-pea | |
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| Gompholobium glabratum 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. glabratum |
| Binomial name | |
| Gompholobium glabratum Sieber ex D.C. | |
Gompholobium glabratum, known as the Dainty Wedge-pea, is a weakly formed shrub of the pea family which is endemic to south eastern Australia.
The habitat is heath on sandstone soils, open forest or eucalyptus woodland. The specific epithet glabratum refers to the hairless calyx.[1]
Leaves are narrow, usually in fives. Flowering occurs in spring, with attractive lemon yellow flowers. The pod grows to 8 to 10 mm.[2]
This plant first appeared in scientific literature in the year 1825, in the Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis. Authored by the prominent Swiss botanist, Augustin Pyramus de Candolle.
References
- ↑ Les Robinson - Field Guide to the Native Plants of Sydney, ISBN 978-0-7318-1211-0 page 79
- ↑ "Gompholobium glabratum, PlantNET - NSW Flora Online". Retrieved 2010-10-22.
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