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Gastrolobium bilobum (Heart-leaved Poison)

Synonyms: Gastrolobium bilobum var. angustifolium; Gastrolobium corymbosum

Wikipedia Abstract

Gastrolobium bilobum, commonly known as Heart-leaved Poison, is a bushy shrub which is endemic to south west Western Australia. The species is a member of the family Fabaceae and is probably the most toxic species in the genus Gastrolobium, containing high levels of monofluroacetic acid. The species grows to a height of up to 4 metres. Between late winter and early summer (August to December in Australia) it produces yellow-orange pea-flowers with a central yellow area encircled by a band of red, and a maroon keel. The leaves are cuneiform, obovate or elliptic.
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Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Fitzgerald River National Park II 732417 Western Australia, Australia

Predators

Macropus eugenii (Tammar Wallaby)[1]
Macropus fuliginosus (Western Grey Kangaroo)[1]
Macropus irma (Western Brush Wallaby)[1]
Trichosurus vulpecula (Common Brushtail)[1]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
1Diet of herbivorous marsupials in a Eucalyptus marginata forest and their impact on the understorey vegetation, K A Shepherd, G W Wardell-Johnson, W A Loneragan & D T Bell, Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia, 80:47-54, 1997
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0