Gompholobium roseum explained

Gompholobium roseum 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 pinnate leaves and yellow, pink or green, pea-like flowers with pink or green markings.

Description

Gompholobium roseum is an erect shrub with hairy, pinnate leaves long. The flowers are borne on hairy pedicels long with hairy bracteoles long. The sepals are long, the standard petal is yellow, pink or green with yellow, pink or green markings and long, the wings long, and the keel long. Flowering occurs in October and the fruit is a cylindrical pod.

Taxonomy

Gompholobium roseum was first formally described in 2008 by Jennifer Anne Chappill in Australian Systematic Botany from specimens collected by Robert Royce near Watheroo National Park in 1971.[1] The specific epithet (roseum) means "rosy", referring to the flowers.[2]

Distribution

This pea is found in the Avon Wheatbelt, Geraldton Sandplains and Swan Coastal Plain biogeographic regions of south-western Western Australia.

Conservation status

Gompholobium roseum is classified as "Priority Two" by the Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife meaning that it is poorly known and from only one or a few locations.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Gompholobium roseum. APNI. 26 August 2021.
  2. Book: Sharr . Francis Aubi . George . Alex . Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings . 2019 . Four Gables Press . Kardinya, WA . 9780958034180 . 297 . 3rd.
  3. Web site: Conservation codes for Western Australian Flora and Fauna. Government of Western Australia Department of Parks and Wildlife. 27 August 2021.