Gompholobium ovatum
Gompholobium ovatum is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is an erect or prostrate shrub with egg-shaped leaves and yellow and red to purple, pea-like flowers. Description
Gompholobium ovatum is an erect or prostrate shrub that typically grows to a height of . Its leaves are egg-shaped,  long and  wide with stipules about  long at the base. The flowers are mostly yellow or orange-red with brown, pink or purple markings,and are borne on pedicels  long with bracteoles about  long attached. The sepals are  long, the standard petal  long, the wings  long and the keel  long. Flowering occurs from August to December and the fruit is a pod  long. Taxonomy
Gompholobium ovatum was first formally described in 1844 by Carl Meissner in Lehmann's Plantae Preissianae. The specific epithet (ovatum) means "egg-shaped", referring to the leaves. Distribution and habitat
This species of gompholobium grows on flats and rocky slopes in the Esperance Plains, Jarrah Forest, Swan Coastal Plain and Warren biogeographic regions of south-western Western Australia. Conservation status
Gompholobium ovatum is classified as "not threatened" by the Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife. References

ovatum
Eudicots of Western Australia
Plants described in 1844
Taxa named by Carl Meissner