Gompholobium glabratum, known as the Dainty Wedge-pea, is a weakly formed shrub of the pea family which is endemic to south eastern Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

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The habitat is heath on sandstone soils, open forest or eucalyptus

Eucalyptus

Eucalyptus is a diverse genus of flowering trees in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae. Members of the genus dominate the tree flora of Australia...

 woodland. The specific epithet glabratum refers to the hairless calyx.

Leaves are narrow, usually in fives. Flowering occurs in spring, with attractive lemon yellow flowers. The pod grows to 8 to 10 mm.

This plant first appeared in scientific literature in the year 1825, in the Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis

Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis

Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis, also known by its standard botanical abbreviation Prodr. , is a 17-volume treatise on botany initiated by A. P. de Candolle. De Candolle intended it as a summary of all known seed plants, encompassing taxonomy, ecology, evolution and biogeography....

. Authored by the prominent Swiss botanist, Augustin Pyramus de Candolle.