''Gompholobium burtonioides'' is a species of flowering plant in the family

Fabaceae Fabaceae () or Leguminosae,International Code of Nomen ...

and is

endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found only in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also foun ...

to the south-west of Western Australia. It an ascending shrub that typically grows to a height of and flowers from September to December producing yellow, pea-like flowers. This species was first formally described in 1844 by Carl Meissner in Lehmann's '' Plantae Preissianae''. The

specific epithet In Taxonomy (biology), taxonomy, binomial nomenclature ("two-term naming system"), also called binary nomenclature, is a formal system of naming species of living things by giving each a name composed of two parts, both of which use Latin gramm ...

(''burtonioides'') means "''Burtonia''-like". (''Burtonia'' is an earlier name for ''Gompholobium''.) ''Gompholobium burtonioides'' grows in swampy areas and on slopes in the

Avon Wheatbelt The Avon Wheatbelt is a bioregion in Western Australia. It has an area of . It is considered part of the larger Southwest Australia savanna ecoregion. Geography The Avon Wheatbelt bioregion is mostly a gently undulating landscape with low rel ...

, Esperance Plains, Jarrah Forest and Mallee biogeographic regions of south-western Western Australia.

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{{Taxonbar, from=Q15537159 burtonioides Eudicots of Western Australia Plants described in 1844 Taxa named by Carl Meissner