Gastrolobium euryphyllum G.Chandler & Crisp

Scientific Description

Erect, shrub, spindly shrub (broom-like). Stems terete, spiny at least in part, hairy; pustules or glands absent. Leaves or phylloclades clearly present, simple, opposite, continuous with stem, 15-30 mm long, 20-30 mm wide, glabrous, flat with flat margins; margins dentate; tubercles absent; pustules or glands absent. Stipules present and persistent to older leaves, 2(-2.3) mm long, without glands, ribless. Pedicel present, 2-3 mm long, hairy. Bracteoles present but early deciduous. Calyx 6-9 mm long, not accrescent, hairy, with simple hairs, ribbed; pustules or glands absent. Corolla 11-12.7 mm long, multicoloured, mostly yellow or orange, with some yellow or orange spots, streaks or blotches; claws present; standard 10-11 mm long, glabrous, auriculate, wings 9.5-10 mm long, auriculate, keel 10-10.5 mm long, not beaked, auriculate, glabrous. Stamens ten; anthers 1-1.1 mm long, at two different levels (filaments alternately long and short); filaments free (or united at the very base), 7.5-9.2 mm long. Ovary stipitate, hairy or glandular; style 9.5-13 mm long, hairy or glandular towards the base, not bearded, terete. Fruit dehiscent (a pod or follicle), 10-12 mm long, 4-5 mm wide, stipitate, not constricted between the seeds, round in cross-section, hairy, with simple hairs, not beaked. Flowers in January, August, September, October, November and December. Occurs in the South-West Botanical Province, in the Avon Wheatbelt and Jarrah Forest IBRA regions. Conservation Code Priority One (P1).