Gompholobium polymorphum is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a bushy, straggling shrub or climber with cylindrical leaves with longitudinal grooves and yellow, red or orange, pea-like flowers with yellow, red or orange marks.
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Faboideae |
| Genus: | Gompholobium |
| Species: | G. polymorphum
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Description edit
Gompholobium polymorphum is a bushy, straggling shrub or climber that typically grows to a height of 5–60 cm (2.0–23.6 in). Its leaves are cylindrical with one or two longitudinal grooves on the lower surface, 8–30 mm (0.31–1.18 in) long and 0.6–3.2 mm (0.024–0.126 in) wide. The flowers are usually yellow, red or orange with yellow, red or orange markings, borne on glabrous pedicels 10–19 mm (0.39–0.75 in) long with bracteoles 2.0–4.5 mm (0.079–0.177 in) long, attached. The sepals are glabrous, 8–11 mm (0.31–0.43 in) long, the standard petal 10–18 mm (0.39–0.71 in) long, the wings 10–11.5 mm (0.39–0.45 in) long and the keel 9–10.5 mm (0.35–0.41 in) long. Flowering occurs from September to January and the fruit is a pod about 8 mm (0.31 in) long and wide.[2]
Taxonomy edit
Gompholobium polymorphum was first formally described in 1811 by Robert Brown in Hortus Kewensis.[3][4] The specific epithet (polymorphum) means "many-shaped", referring to the variable form of this species.[5]
Distribution and habitat edit
This gompholobium grows in lateritic or granitic soils in the Avon Wheatbelt, Esperance Plains, Jarrah Forest, Mallee, Swan Coastal Plain and Warren biogeographic regions of south-western Western Australia.[2]
Conservation status edit
Gompholobium polymorphum is classified as "not threatened" by the Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife.[2]
References edit
- ^ "Gompholobium polymorphum". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
- ^ a b c "Gompholobium polymorphum". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
- ^ "Gompholobium polymorphum". APNI. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
- ^ Brown, Robert; Aiton, William (ed.) (1811). Hortus Kewensis. London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown. p. 11. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
{{cite book}}:|first2=has generic name (help) - ^ Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 281. ISBN 9780958034180.