Gastrolobium villosum

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Gastrolobium villosum
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Genus: Gastrolobium
Species:
G. villosum
Binomial name
Gastrolobium villosum
In Kings Park, Perth Gastrolobium villosum habit.jpg
In Kings Park, Perth

Gastrolobium villosum (common name crinkle-leaf poison [3] or crinkle-leaved poison) [4] is a low spreading shrub in the pea family (Fabaceae), endemic to Western Australia. [4] Like most Gastrolobiums it is poisonous to stock. [3]

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It was first described by George Bentham in 1839. [1] [2] There are no synonyms. [1] [5]

It is deemed to be "Not Threatened" under Western Australian conservation law. [4]

Etymology

The specific epithet, villosum, is a Latin adjective, villosus, -a, -um ("villous") and describes the plant as having "long, soft, straight (not interwoven) hairs". [6]

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<i>Gastrolobium grandiflorum</i> Species of plant

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Gastrolobium propinquum is a shrub in the family Fabaceae, endemic to the Southwest Australia savanna region, which is toxic to many animals. It has been given the common name Hutt River poison.

Gastrolobium lehmannii, the Cranbrook pea, is a vulnerable shrub in the family Fabaceae which is endemic to an area of Western Australia.

<i>Gastrolobium minus</i> Species of legume

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<i>Gastrolobium coriaceum</i> Species of legume

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<i>Gastrolobium formosum</i> Species of plant

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<i>Gastrolobium nervosum</i> Species of plant

Gastrolobium nervosum is a small shrub in the pea family (Fabaceae), native to Western Australia.

<i>Gastrolobium rigidum</i> Species of legume

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<i>Asteridea pulverulenta</i> Species of flowering plant

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<i>Gastrolobium trilobum</i> Species of plant

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<i>Mirbelia seorsifolia</i> Species of plant

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<i>Gastrolobium stenophyllum</i> Species of legume

Gastrolobium stenophyllum, commonly known as narrow-leaved poison, is a flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to Western Australia. It is a bushy, upright shrub with orange, pink and red flowers. Flowering occurs from September to December or January to February. It grows at the base of outcrops, near rivers, in heath and shrubland and in sandy locations.

Spyridium villosum is a species of flowering plant in the family Rhamnaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a small shrub with shaggy-hairy branchlets, linear to oblong leaves and dense heads of hairy flowers with broad brown bracts at the base.

<i>Gastrolobium calycinum</i> Species of legume endemic to Western Australia

Gastrolobium calycinum commonly known as York Road poison,is a flowering plant in the family Fabaceae. It has variable leaves and yellow pea flowers with a pink or red centre and is endemic to Western Australia.

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Gastrolobium rigidum". Australian Plant Name Index, IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government.
  2. 1 2 Lindley, J. (1839). A Sketch of the Vegetation of the Swan River Colony. pp. xiii.
  3. 1 2 Aplin, T.E.H. (1973). "Poison plants of Western Australia : the toxic species of the genus Gastrolobium and Oxylobium". Bulletin 3772. Department of Agriculture and Food, Western Australia, Perth.
  4. 1 2 3 "Gastrolobium villosum". FloraBase . Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
  5. "Gastrolobium villosum Benth. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
  6. Stearn, W.T. (2004). Botanical Latin (4 ed.). Oregon: Timber Press. p. 528. ISBN   9780881926279.