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Gompholobium hendersonii
Gompholobium hendersonii is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is an erect shrub with simple leaves, and red and purplish-brown, pea-like flowers.
From the article Gompholobium hendersonii on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
Gompholobium hendersonii is an erect shrub that typically grows to a height of 30–90 cm (12–35 in). Its leaves are simple, 4.0–5.2 mm (0.16–0.20 in) long, 0.6–1 mm (0.024–0.039 in) wide and lacks stipules. The flowers are red and purplish-brown, borne on glabrous pedicels 3–5 mm (0.12–0.20 in) long with glabrous sepals 8.2–10 mm (0.32–0.39 in) long. The standard petal is 13–15 mm (0.51–0.59 in) long, the wings 10.5–11 mm (0.41–0.43 in) long and the keel 11–15 mm (0.43–0.59 in) long. Flowering occurs from September to October and the fruit is a pod.
Range & habitat
This pea grows on undulating plains in the Avon Wheatbelt, Coolgardie and Mallee biogeographic regions in the south-west of Western Australia.
Wikipedia: “Distribution and habitat”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1243960.