Family: Fabaceae-Faboideae
Plant: An erect shrub up to 1m high.
Flowers: Large yellow pea flower 1.5-2cm across.
Flowering: July-November.
Fruit: Oblong to ovoid pod about 2cm long.
Leaves: Trifoliate with narrow linear leaflets, 2-3cm long and 1mm wide. The leaflets are firm, pointed and recurved. The leaves appear 6-whorled because of their opposite arrangement.
Habitat: Heathland and dry sclerophyll forest.
Features: Trifoliate leaves. Large yellow pea flowers.
Name:
Gompholobium
From Greek gomphos = a wedge-shaped nail and lobos = a pod (referring to its fruit)
grandiflorum From Latin = large-flowered
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Shrub |
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Flowers |
Form |
Irregular, Pea, Single |
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Colour(s) |
Yellow |
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Petal/Sepal No. |
4, 5 |
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Flowering Month |
7, 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 |
Opposite |
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Type |
Compound |
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Shape |
Linear |
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Length |
Short |
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Margins |
Entire |
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Attachment |
Stalked |
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Other Features |
Tapered-tip |
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Bark |
- |
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Habitat |
Dry sclerophyll forest, Heathland |
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