Gompholobium hendersonii Paxton

Scientific Description

Erect, shrub, spindly shrub (broom-like). Stems terete, not spiny, glabrous; pustules or glands absent. Leaves or phylloclades clearly present, simple, whorled, not continuous with stem, 4-5.2 mm long, 0.6-1 mm wide, glabrous, flat with recurved margins or strongly recurved, appearing terete but with one or two grooves below; margins entire; tubercles absent; pustules or glands absent. Stipules apparently absent even from the youngest leaves. Pedicel present, 3-5 mm long, glabrous. Bracteoles present and persistent, 1.5-2 mm long, glabrous, not striate. Calyx 8.2-10 mm long, not accrescent, glabrous, ribless; pustules or glands absent. Corolla 14-17 mm long, uniformly coloured, red, mostly brown or purple, with some brown or purple spots, streaks or blotches; claws present; standard 13-15 mm long, glabrous, not auriculate, wings 10.5-11 mm long, not auriculate, keel 11-15 mm long, not beaked, not auriculate, glabrous. Stamens ten; anthers 1-1.8 mm long, at two different levels (filaments alternately long and short); filaments free (or united at the very base), 7.5-15 mm long. Ovary sessile or subsessile, glabrous; style 15-17 mm long, glabrous, not bearded, terete. Fruit dehiscent (a pod or follicle), sessile or subsessile, not constricted between the seeds, round in cross-section, not beaked. Flowers in September and October. Occurs in the Eremaean and South-West Botanical Province, in the Coolgardie, Avon Wheatbelt and Mallee IBRA regions.