Gompholobium grandiflorum, commonly known as large wedge-pea,[2] is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to eastern New South Wales. It is an erect, more or less glabrous shrub with trifoliate leaves and lemon-yellow and greenish, pea-like flowers.
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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. grandiflorum
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| Gompholobium grandiflorum | |
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Description edit
Gompholobium grandiflorum is an erect, more or less glabrous shrub that typically grows to a height of 1–2 m (3 ft 3 in – 6 ft 7 in) and has smooth, often warty stems. The leaves are trifoliate with linear leaflets 11–33 mm (0.43–1.30 in) long and about 0.5–1.6 mm (0.020–0.063 in) wide with a sharp point on the tip and the edges curved down or rolled under. The flowers are 15–25 mm (0.59–0.98 in) long and arranged singly or in small groups on the ends of branches, each flower on a pedicel up to 7 mm (0.28 in) long. The sepals are about 12 mm (0.47 in) long, the standard petal and wings are lemon-yellow and the keel is greenish. Flowering occurs in most months but mainly in spring and the fruit is an oval pod up to 15 mm (0.59 in) long.[2][3][4]
Taxonomy edit
Gompholobium grandiflorum was first formally described in 1804 by James Edward Smith in Exotic Botany.[5] The specific epithet (grandiflorum) means "large-flowered"[6] but the flowers are only large in comparison to those known to Smith at the time.[7][8]
Distribution and habitat edit
Large wedge-pea grows in forest and heath on sandstone soils on the coast and nearby tablelands of New South Wales between Gosford and Jervis Bay and inland to the Blue Mountains.
References edit
- ^ a b "Gompholobium grandiflorum". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
- ^ a b "Gompholobium grandiflorum, PlantNET - NSW Flora Online". Retrieved 22 August 2010.
- ^ Alan Fairley – Wildflowers of Sydney & adjoining areas ISBN 1-876473-38-X page 141
- ^ Wood, Betty. "Gompholobium grandiflorum". Lucid Keys. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
- ^ "Gompholobium grandiflorum". APNI. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
- ^ Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 210. ISBN 9780958034180.
- ^ Robinson, Les (1991). Field guide to the native plants of Sydney. Kenthurst, NSW: Kangaroo Press. p. 80. ISBN 0864171927.
- ^ Smith, James Edward (1804). Exotic Botany (Volume 1). London: R. Taylor & Co. p. 7. Retrieved 10 August 2021.