Gompholobium aristatum

Gompholobium aristatum is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It an erect shrub that typically grows to a height of 10–80 cm (3.9–31.5 in). It flowers between July and December producing yellow, pea-like flowers.[2] This species was first formally described in 1837 by George Bentham in Stephan Endlicher's Enumeratio plantarum quas in Novae Hollandiae ora austro-occidentali ad fluvium Cygnorum et in sinu Regis Georgii collegit Carolus Liber Baro de Hügel from specimens collected in the Swan River Colony.[3][4] The specific epithet (aristatum) means "awned", referring to the leaves.[5]

Gompholobium aristatum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Genus: Gompholobium
Species:
G. aristatum
Binomial name
Gompholobium aristatum
Synonyms[1]
  • Gompholobium aristatum Benth. var. aristatum
  • Gompholobium aristatum var. glabratum Benth.
  • Gompholobium aristatum var. hispidum Benth.

Gompholobium aristatum grows on sandplains and in winter-wet depressions in the Avon Wheatbelt, Geraldton Sandplains, Jarrah Forest and Swan Coastal Plain biogeographic regions of south-western Western Australia.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Gompholobium aristatum". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Gompholobium aristatum". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
  3. ^ "Gompholobium aristatum". APNI. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
  4. ^ Bentham, George; Endlicher, Stefan F.L. (ed.); Fenzl, Eduard (ed.); Bentham, George (ed.); Schott, Heinrich W. (ed.) (1837). Enumeratio plantarum quas in Novae Hollandiae ora austro-occidentali ad fluvium Cygnorum et in sinu Regis Georgii collegit Carolus Liber Baro de Hüge. p. 29. Retrieved 28 July 2021. {{cite book}}: |first2= has generic name (help)
  5. ^ Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 137. ISBN 9780958034180.