Gompholobium pungens
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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. pungens
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| Gompholobium pungens | |
Gompholobium pungens is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is an erect, openly-branched shrub with spiny stems, pinnate leaves and mostly yellow, pea-like flowers with pink or purple markings.
Description[edit]
Gompholobium pungens is an erect, openly-branched shrub that typically grows to 50–70 cm (20–28 in) high and up to 40 m (130 ft) wide and has spiny stems. Its leaves are 17–72 mm (0.67–2.83 in) long and pinnate with eight to seventeen cylindrical leaflets. Each flower is borne on a hairy pedicel 7.0–7.2 mm (0.28–0.28 in) long with hairy bracteoles 1.2–1.5 mm (0.047–0.059 in) long. The sepals are about 8 mm (0.31 in) long, the standard petal is yellow to orange with pink or purple markings and about 7.6 mm (0.30 in) long, the wings about 7 mm (0.28 in) long, and the keel about 6.5 mm (0.26 in) long. Flowering occurs from August to September and the fruit is a pod about 7 mm (0.28 in) long.[2]
Taxonomy[edit]
Gompholobium pungens was first formally described in 2008 by Jennifer Anne Chappill in Australian Systematic Botany from specimens collected near Warradarge in 1999.[3] The specific epithet (pungens) means "ending in a sharp, hard point".[4]
Distribution and habitat[edit]
This pea grows in lower valley slopes and on small rises in the Geraldton Sandplains, Jarrah Forest and Swan Coastal Plain biogeographic regions of south-western Western Australia.[2]
Conservation status[edit]
Gompholobium pungens is classified as "not threatened" by the Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife.[2]
References[edit]
- ^ "Gompholobium pungens". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
- ^ a b c "Gompholobium pungens". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
- ^ "Gompholobium pungens". APNI. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
- ^ Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 287. ISBN 9780958034180.