Family: Fabaceae-Faboideae
Plant: Low, spreading shrub to 30cm high.
Flowers: Yellow pea flowers about 1cm long borne near ends of branches.
Flowering: August-November.
Fruit: Ovoid pod 8-10mm long.
Leaves: Pinnate with 4-7 narrow lanceolate leaflets up to 1cm long and 0.5-1.5mm wide.
Habitat: Dry sclerophyll forest and heathland.
Features: Pinnate leaves with 4-7 leaflets. Large yellow pea flower.
Name:
Gompholobium
From Greek gomphos = a wedge-shaped nail and lobos = a pod (referring to its fruit)
glabratum From Latin = hairless (referring to its calyx)
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Shrub |
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Flowers |
Form |
Irregular, Pea, Cluster |
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Colour(s) |
Yellow |
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Petal/Sepal No. |
4, 5 |
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Flowering Month |
8, 9, 10, 11 |
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Fruit |
Type |
Pod |
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Colour |
Green, Brown |
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Other Features |
- |
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Leaves |
Arrangement |
Alternate |
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Type |
Compound |
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Shape |
Linear, Oval |
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Length |
Tiny, Short |
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Margins |
Entire |
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Attachment |
Stalked |
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Other Features |
- |
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Bark |
- |
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Habitat |
Dry sclerophyll forest, Heathland |
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