Gompholobium confertum

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]

Gompholobium confertum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Fabales
Family:	Fabaceae
Subfamily:	Faboideae
Genus:	Gompholobium
Species:	G. confertum
Binomial name
Gompholobium confertum (DC.) Crisp[1]

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]