Gastrolobium brevipes

Gastrolobium brevipes
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Genus: Gastrolobium
Species:
G. brevipes
Binomial name
Gastrolobium brevipes

Gastrolobium brevipes, also known as Hill Wallflower Poison, is a shrub that is endemic to the Central Ranges region of Western Australia, Northern Territory and South Australia. It is a member of the family Fabaceae, grows to 2.5 metres high and produces orange red pea-flowers in July.[1][2]

Taxonomy

The species was first formally described in 1983 botanist Michael Crisp and the description was published in the Kew Bulletin as well as Australian Systematic Botany.[3][4]

Distribution and habitat

It is found in the IBRA region of the Central Ranges, mainly the George Gill and MacDonnell Ranges. The habitat is on dunefields. sandy gravelly soils or rock soils, or dry watercourses.[5]

References

  1. ^ The Western Australian Flora—A Descriptive Catalogue page 430
  2. ^ Malcolm, P. 2012. Gastrolobium brevipes. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2012: e.T19893120A20074732. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012.RLTS.T19893120A20074732.en. Downloaded on 15 April 2017
  3. ^ "Gastrolobium brevipes".
  4. ^ Chandler, G. T.; M.D. Crisp; L.W. Cayzer & R.J. Bayer (2002). "Monograph of Gastrolobium (Fabaceae: Mirbelieae)" (PDF). Australian Systematic Botany. 15 (5): 619–739. doi:10.1071/SB01010.
  5. ^ "Gastrolobium brevipes". FloraBase. Retrieved 15 April 2017.