Gompholobium grandiflorum
Large Wedge Pea
Large Wedge Pea
Not at ANBG
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Overview:
It is an erect, more or less glabrous shrub with trifoliate leaves and lemon-yellow and greenish, pea-like flowers
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Commonly known as large wedge-pea, it is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to eastern New South Wales.
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Etymology:
The genus name is derived from the Ancient Greek words gomphos, meaning "bolt", "peg", or "nail" and lobos meaning a "capsule" or "pod" referring to "the inflated shape of the seed pods"
The specific epithet (grandiflorum) means "large-flowered" but the flowers are only large in comparison to those known to Smith at the time
Flowers:
The flowers are 15–25 mm long and arranged singly or in small groups on the ends of branches
Each flower on a pedicel up to 7 mm long.
The standard petal and wings are lemon-yellow and the keel is greenish
The sepals are about 12 mm long
Flowering occurs in most months but mainly in spring
Fruit:
The fruit is an oval pod up to 15 mm long
Leaves:
The leaves are trifoliate with linear leaflets 11–33 mm long and about 0.5–1.6 mm wide
The edges curved down or rolled under
It has a sharp point on the tip
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Habit:
An erect, more or less glabrous shrub that typically grows to a height of 1–2 m and has smooth, often warty stems
Habitat:
Grows in forest and heath on sandstone soils
Distribution:
On the coast and nearby tablelands of NSW between Gosford and Jervis Bay and inland to the Blue Mountains
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