Common name: Fern-leaved Burtonia
Gompholobium foliolosum Benth. APNI* Synonyms: Burtonia foliosa APNI*
Description: Erect shrub, c. 1 m high, ± glaucous; stems pubescent or glabrous.
Leaves pinnate; leaflets mostly 11–21, cuneate, obovate or obcordate, 2–4 mm long, 1–1.5 mm wide, apex obtuse, truncate or emarginate, margins flat, ± glabrous; stipules minute.
Flowers few in terminal racemes; pedicels 4–7 mm long. Calyx c. 4 mm long. Flowers orange-red 5–6 mm long. Ovules 2.
Pod oblique, ± globose, c. 5 mm long, very shortly stipitate to sessile.
Flowering: spring.
Distribution and occurrence: On sandy soils, mostly in Coonabarabran district, also near Dubbo.
NSW subdivisions: NC, NWS, CWS, NWP
Other Australian states: Qld
Text by B. Wiecek
Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 2 (1991)
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