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Gastrolobium ilicifolium Meisn.

Reference
Lehm., Pl.Preiss. [J.G.C.Lehmann] 1:67 (1844)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Erect, shrub, to 4 m high. Fl. yellow & red, Aug to Oct. Sand, sandy loam & laterite clay, granite. Slopes, ridges, breakaways.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 11 February 2004
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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, 15-50 mm long, 10-30 mm wide, hairy, with simple hairs, flat with flat margins; margins lobed or dentate; tubercles absent; pustules or glands absent. Stipules present and persistent to older leaves, 5.5-10 mm long, without glands, ribless. Pedicel present, 3.5-6 mm long, hairy. Bracteoles present but early deciduous. Calyx 5.5-7 mm long, not accrescent, hairy, with simple hairs, ribless; pustules or glands absent. Corolla 10-13 mm long, multicoloured, mostly yellow or red, with some yellow or red spots, streaks or blotches; claws present; standard 10.5-12 mm long, glabrous, not auriculate, wings 9-10.5 mm long, not auriculate, keel 9.2-10.2 mm long, not beaked, auriculate, glabrous. Stamens ten; anthers 0.6-0.8 mm long, at two different levels (filaments alternately long and short); filaments free (or united at the very base), 5.6-7.5 mm long. Ovary stipitate, hairy or glandular; style 8.2-9 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 South-West Botanical Province, in the Geraldton Sandplains, Avon Wheatbelt, Jarrah Forest and Swan Coastal Plain IBRA regions.

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

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Geraldton Sandplains, Jarrah Forest, Swan Coastal Plain.
IBRA Subregions
Dandaragan Plateau, Katanning, Lesueur Sandplain, Northern Jarrah Forest.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Beverley, Chittering, Coorow, Dandaragan, Moora, Northam, Toodyay, Victoria Plains, York.