Species of flowering plant
Gompholobium confertum is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It a shrub that typically grows to a height of .15–1.2 m (5.9 in – 3 ft 11.2 in) and flowers from August to December or January to March producing purple-blue, pea-like flowers.[2] This species was first formally described in 1825 by Augustin Pyramus de Candolle who gave it the name Burtonia conferta in Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis.[3][4] In 1987 Michael Douglas Crisp changed the name to Gompholobium confertum.[5] The specific epithet (confertum) means "crowded", referring to the foliage.[6]
Gompholobium confertum grows in sandy soil on undulating plains and in winter-west areas in the
Avon Wheatbelt, Esperance Plains, Geraldton Sandplains, Jarrah Forest, Mallee, Swan Coastal Plain and Warren biogeographic regions of south-western Western Australia. It is classified as "not threatened" by the Government of Western Australia Department of Parks and Wildlife.[2]
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