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]
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Faboideae |
| Genus: | Gompholobium |
| Species: | G. confertum
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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]
References
edit- ^ "Gompholobium confertum". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
- ^ a b "Gompholobium confertum". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
- ^ "Burtonia conferta". APNI. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
- ^ de Candolle, Augustin P. (1825). Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis. Vol. 2. Paris. p. 106. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
- ^ "Gompholobium confertum". APNI. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
- ^ Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 168. ISBN 9780958034180.