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Gastrolobium discolor G.Chandler, Crisp & R.J.Bayer

Reference
Austral.Syst.Bot. 15:645-646 (2002)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Erect, bushy shrub, 0.4-1.5 m high. Fl. orange&red&pink, Aug to Oct. Sand or sandy loam, granite. Near rivers, on undulating dunes, around rock outcrops.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 27 October 2003

Scientific Description

Erect, shrub, spindly shrub (broom-like). Stems terete, not spiny, hairy; pustules or glands absent. Leaves or phylloclades clearly present, simple, opposite, continuous with stem, 20-60 mm long, 3-10 mm wide, hairy, with simple hairs, flat with flat margins or flat with recurved margins; margins entire; tubercles absent; pustules or glands absent. Stipules present and persistent to older leaves. Pedicel present, 3-4 mm long, hairy. Bracteoles present but early deciduous. Calyx 4-8 mm long, not accrescent, hairy, with simple hairs, ribless; pustules or glands absent. Corolla 8.5-13 mm long, multicoloured, mostly pink, red or orange, with some pink, red or orange spots, streaks or blotches; claws present; standard 8-12 mm long, glabrous, not auriculate, wings 7-10.5 mm long, auriculate, keel 6.5-11 mm long, not beaked, auriculate, glabrous. Stamens ten; anthers 0.5-0.9 mm long, at two different levels (filaments alternately long and short); filaments free (or united at the very base), 4.3-10.5 mm long. Ovary stipitate, hairy or glandular; style 5.5-12.2 mm long, hairy or glandular towards the base, not bearded, terete. Fruit dehiscent (a pod or follicle), stipitate, not constricted between the seeds, round in cross-section, not beaked. Flowers in August, September and October. Occurs in the Eremaean and South-West Botanical Province, in the Coolgardie, Jarrah Forest, Mallee and Esperance IBRA regions.

C. Hollister and K.R. Thiele, 24 October 2023

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Coolgardie, Esperance Plains, Jarrah Forest, Mallee.
IBRA Subregions
Eastern Goldfield, Eastern Mallee, Fitzgerald, Recherche, Southern Jarrah Forest, Western Mallee.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Albany, Dundas, Esperance, Kent, Lake Grace, Ravensthorpe.