Английская Википедия:Gompholobium laxum

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Gompholobium laxum is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is an erect, open shrub with needle-shaped leaves and uniformly yellow, pea-like flowers.

Description

Gompholobium laxum is an erect, open shrub that typically grows to a height of up to Шаблон:Cvt. Its leaves are needle-shaped, Шаблон:Cvt long and Шаблон:Cvt long but with one or two longitudinal grooves on the lower surface. The flowers are uniformly yellow, borne on pedicels Шаблон:Cvt long with bracteoles Шаблон:Cvt long. The sepals are hairy, about Шаблон:Cvt long, the standard petal Шаблон:Cvt long, wings Шаблон:Cvt long and the keel Шаблон:Cvt long. Flowering occurs from September to November and the fruit is a pod about Шаблон:Cvt long.[1]

Taxonomy

This species was first formally described in 1864 by George Bentham, who gave it the name Gompholobium aristatum var. laxum in Flora Australiensis.[2][3] In 2008, Jennifer Anne Chappill raised the variety to species status as Gompholobium laxum in Australian Systematic Botany.[4] The specific epithet (laxum) means "open", referring to the long pedicels.[5]

Distribution and habitat

Gompholobium laxum grows in woodland in the Avon Wheatbelt, Esperance Plains, Jarrah Forest and Mallee biogeographic regions of south-western Western Australia.[1]

Conservation status

Gompholobium laxum is classified as "not threatened" by the Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife.[1]

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