Gompholobium foliolosum is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to eastern Australia. It is an erect shrub with pinnate leaves and orange-red, pea-like flowers.
| Fern-leaved burtonia | |
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| In the Pilliga Nature Reserve | |
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. foliolosum
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| Binomial name | |
| Gompholobium foliolosum | |
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Description edit
Gompholobium foliolosum is an erect, more or less glaucous shrub that typically grows to a height of up to 1 m (3 ft 3 in). The leaves are pinnate, 11–21 mm (0.43–0.83 in) long, the leaflets wedge-shaped, egg-shaped or heart-shaped with the narrower end towards the base, 2–4 mm (0.079–0.157 in) long, 1.0–1.5 mm (0.039–0.059 in) wide and more or less glabrous. The flowers are arranged in small groups on the ends of branchlets, each flower on a pedicel 4–7 mm (0.16–0.28 in) long. The sepals are about 4 mm (0.16 in) long and the flowers are orange-red and 5–6 mm (0.20–0.24 in) long. Flowering occurs in spring and the fruit is a more or less spherical pod about 5 mm (0.20 in) long.[2]
Taxonomy and naming edit
Gompholobium foliolosum was first formally described in 1837 by George Bentham in Thomas Mitchell's Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia.[3][4] The specific epithet (foliolosum) means "leafy".[5]
Distribution edit
Fern-leaved burtonia grows in Queensland and in the Coonabarabran area in New South Wales.[2]
References edit
- ^ a b "Gompholobium foliolosum". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
- ^ a b "Gompholobium foliolosum". Royal Botanic Garden Sydney. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
- ^ "Gompholobium foliolosum". APNI. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
- ^ Mitchell, Thomas (1848). Journal of an expedition into the interior of tropical Australia. p. 348. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
- ^ Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 201. ISBN 9780958034180.