Scientific Name: Gompholobium ecostatum

Common Name: dwarf wedgepea

Family Classification (Clade): Eudicots

Family: Fabaceae

Threatened Species Status: Endangered

Permit: It is an offence to collect, disturb, damage or destroy this species unless under permit.

Form Description: Small erect or trailing shrub, branches with short spreading hairs.

Flowers: Pea flower, all petals with inner surfaces apricot to red, outer surfaces almost black.

Fruit: Seed pod – elliptical, about 8mm long, without hairs. Seeds numerous.

Municipality
Flinders
Plant Communities
Coastal VegetationHeath
Habitat Notes

Recorded only from Flinders Island. Wet, sandy heathland.

Site Tolerance

Moist

Soil Tolerance

Nutrient-poor, Sandy, Well-drained

Propagation Calendar

  • Flowering Month
    Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
  • Seed Collecting Month
    Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
  • Sowing Month
    Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
  • Cutting Month
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Propagation Method
Seed

Seed Information

Seed Collection

Seed may drop soon after maturity so need careful monitoring.

Seed Treatment Notes

Seed should be soaked in hot water (just off the boil) for a few hours.