About Gompholobium knightianum Lindl.
Gompholobium knightianum Lindl. is a slender, erect shrub that usually grows between 10 and 50 centimeters (3.9 to 19.7 inches) tall. It has pinnate leaves, each with three to five flat, hairless leaflets that measure 5 to 20 millimeters (0.20 to 0.79 inches) long. The flowers are pink or purple, and grow on a hairless stalk called a pedicel that is roughly 3.5 millimeters (0.14 inches) long. It also has hairless sepals that are approximately 5.5 millimeters (0.22 inches) long. The standard petal is about 7.6 millimeters (0.30 inches) long, while the wing petals measure around 7 millimeters (0.28 inches) long. Flowering takes place from July to December, and the fruit that forms after flowering is a pod 4.5 to 9.3 millimeters (0.18 to 0.37 inches) long. This pea plant occurs in the Avon Wheatbelt, Esperance Plains, Geraldton Sandplains, Jarrah Forest, Mallee, Swan Coastal Plain, and Warren biogeographic regions of south-western Western Australia.
