Covered in flowers and spiny leaves, #Gastrolobium trilobum is one of many of our Poison Peas and this one here is quite distinct with its three lobed leaves that end in sharp spines! Making it a formidable looking shrub! This species is common in sandy soils mostly within the Avon Wheatbelt!
The Stirling range form of #Gastrolobium bilobum! While the species usually has shorter broader leaves, the stirling ranges form has more linear leaves, tho still has the bilobed leaves! This species is one of the really poisonous ones, definitely not one I would want to make a salad out of aha
Back to the insect pollinated Poison Peas! #Gastrolobium velutinum, the Stirling Range Poison Pea! Though it can be found in areas around the ranges! This one is also one of the hosts of the rare #Pilostyles collina
The Mountain Pea! #Gastrolobium leakeanum! This one tho seems to be on the way to evolving bird pollination and probably is. This is a species is found in a small area round the stirling ranges and is locally listed as a priority 2 species!
Gastrolobium is a genus full of insect pollinated species but a few have formed bird pollination syndromes! #Gastrolobium rubrum is a good example of this, this with their pendulous flowers, red colouration and the shape of the standard, wing and keel petals making it more tubular!
A weirdo amongst mountains #Gastrolobium bracteolosum Growing in the Stirling Range! This species is a sprawling species growing wetter areas around Albany!
Another stunning Gastrolobiums, #Gastrolobium epacridoides! Named for the similar foliage of the genus #Epacris, and many other #Ericaceae!
I think I might stick to the FABulous Fabaceae streak and highlight some of the many Fabaceae I have encountered! Next up #Gastrolobium dilatatum, like many, it’s had a colourful taxonomic history being placed as Nemcia, Oxylobium and Callistachys, but had been consumed into Gastrolobium in 2002!
#Gastrolobium calycinum is a common species in the south west particularly around the wheatbelt region! And along with many Gastrolobiums they produce some incredibly showy floral displays!
Gastrolobium grandiflorum
Fabaceae
Gunnawarra, Kennedy Highway,
Far North Queensland,
May 2024
This plant is very toxic to most animals. The toxin is monofluoroacetic acid, a form of which is the poison ‘1080’
#ozflora #Gastrolobium #Fabaceae #HeartLeafPoison #ozplants #Australiannature #botany
The plane ride home gave me time to finish off this piece! #Gastrolobium capitatum #Fabaceae #Illustration
#Gastrolobium spinosum is a very wide spread species, and easily recognise, though G. euryphyllum is somewhat similar, but much more restricted (Prioroty 1 species)! Both are host of the Priority four Pilostyles collina!(only recorded from 3 locations)
A common understory plant of the Jarrah Forest, #Gastrolobium villosum, commonly know as the Crinkle-Leaved Poison!
