Английская Википедия:Gompholobium muticum

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Gompholobium muticum is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a low, bushy shrub with grooved, cylindrical leaves and pink or green, pea-like flowers.

Description

Gompholobium muticum is a rounded, bushy shrub that typically grows to a height of up to Шаблон:Cvt. Its leaves are cylindrical, Шаблон:Cvt long and Шаблон:Cvt wide but with one or two longitudinal grooves on the lower surface. The flowers are pink or green with pink or green markings, borne on pedicels Шаблон:Cvt long with hairy bracteoles Шаблон:Cvt long. The sepals are hairy, Шаблон:Cvt long, the standard petal Шаблон:Cvt long, the wings Шаблон:Cvt long and the keel Шаблон:Cvt long. Flowering occurs from October to November and the fruit is a cylindrical pod.[1]

Taxonomy

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

Distribution and habitat

Gompholobium muticum grows in depressions, flats, hills and roadsides in the Avon Wheatbelt, Geraldton Sandplains, Jarrah Forest and Swan Coastal Plain biogeographic regions of south-western Western Australia.[1]

Conservation status

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

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