Gompholobium polymorphum

Appearance

''Gompholobium polymorphum'' is a bushy, straggling shrub or climber that typically grows to a height of 5–60 cm . Its leaves are cylindrical with one or two longitudinal grooves on the lower surface, 8–30 mm long and 0.6–3.2 mm wide. The flowers are usually yellow, red or orange with yellow, red or orange markings, borne on glabrous pedicels 10–19 mm long with bracteoles 2.0–4.5 mm long, attached. The sepals are glabrous, 8–11 mm long, the standard petal 10–18 mm long, the wings 10–11.5 mm long and the keel 9–10.5 mm long. Flowering occurs from September to January and the fruit is a pod about 8 mm long and wide.

Distribution

This gompholobium grows in lateritic or granitic soils in the Avon Wheatbelt, Esperance Plains, Jarrah Forest, Mallee, Swan Coastal Plain and Warren biogeographic regions of south-western Western Australia.

Status

''Gompholobium polymorphum'' is classified as "not threatened" by the Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife.

Habitat

This gompholobium grows in lateritic or granitic soils in the Avon Wheatbelt, Esperance Plains, Jarrah Forest, Mallee, Swan Coastal Plain and Warren biogeographic regions of south-western Western Australia.