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Gompholobium cinereum
Conservation status
Priority Three — Poorly Known Taxa (DEC)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Fabales
Family:	Fabaceae
Subfamily:	Faboideae
Genus:	Gompholobium
Species:	G. cinereum
Binomial name
Gompholobium cinereum Chappill

Gompholobium cinereum 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 up to 30 cm (12 in) and flowers from September to November producing purple, pea-like flowers. This species was first formally described in 2008 by Jennifer Anne Chappill in Australian Systematic Botany from specimens collected in Wilroy Nature Reserve, south of Mullewa in 1995. The specific epithet (cinereum) means "ash-coloured", referring to the overall appearance of the plant.

Gompholobium cinereum grows in open sites, slopes and roadsides in the Avon Wheatbelt, Coolgardie, Geraldton Sandplains and Yalgoo biogeographic regions of south-western Western Australia. It is classified as "Priority Three" by the Government of Western Australia Department of Parks and Wildlife, meaning that it is poorly known and known from only a few locations but is not under imminent threat.

References

1. "Gompholobium cinereum". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
2. ^ "Gompholobium cinereum". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
3. "Gompholobium cinereum". APNI. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
4. Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 164. ISBN 9780958034180.
5. "Conservation codes for Western Australian Flora and Fauna" (PDF). Government of Western Australia Department of Parks and Wildlife. Retrieved 1 August 2021.

• Gompholobium
• Eudicots of Western Australia
• Plants described in 2008