About Gompholobium confertum (DC.) Crisp
Gompholobium confertum (DC.) Crisp is a species of flowering plant in the legume family Fabaceae, endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a shrub that typically grows to 0.15–1.2 metres (5.9 inches – 3 feet 11.2 inches) in height. It produces purple-blue, pea-shaped flowers, and flowering occurs from August to December or from January to March. This species was first formally described in 1825 by Augustin Pyramus de Candolle, who published the name Burtonia conferta in his work Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis. In 1987, Michael Douglas Crisp revised the name to Gompholobium confertum. The specific epithet confertum means "crowded", and this name refers to the species' foliage. Gompholobium confertum grows in sandy soil on undulating plains and in winter-wet areas, across the Avon Wheatbelt, Esperance Plains, Geraldton Sandplains, Jarrah Forest, Mallee, Swan Coastal Plain and Warren biogeographic regions of south-western Western Australia. The Government of Western Australia Department of Parks and Wildlife classifies this species as "not threatened".
