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Gompholobium marginatum
Gompholobium marginatum is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a prostrate or low, spreading shrub with palmate leaves and uniformly yellow, pea-like flowers.
From the article Gompholobium marginatum on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
Gompholobium marginatum is a prostrate or low, spreading shrub that typically grows to a height of 5–40 cm (2.0–15.7 in) with spiny stems. Its leaves are palmate, 10–25 mm (0.39–0.98 in) long and sessile. The flowers are uniformly yellow, borne on glabrous pedicels 10–12.7 mm (0.39–0.50 in) long with bracteoles attached. The sepals are glabrous, 5.5–8 mm (0.22–0.31 in) long, the standard petal 8–10 mm (0.31–0.39 in) long, the wings 6.5–8 mm (0.26–0.31 in) long and the keel 6–7 mm (0.24–0.28 in) long. Flowering occurs from August to November and the fruit is a pod about 10 mm (0.39 in) long.
Range & habitat
Gompholobium marginatum grows in gravelly or granitic soils in the Avon Wheatbelt, Esperance Plains, Geraldton Sandplains, Jarrah Forest, Mallee, Swan Coastal Plain and Warren biogeographic regions of south-western Western Australia.
Wikipedia: “Distribution and habitat”
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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 803884.