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Gastrolobium brevipes

Gastrolobium brevipes is a shrub of Australia's arid Central Ranges, growing to about 2.5 m with orange-red pea flowers in July. It is best grown in full sun and very free-draining soil, as it is adapted to dry, sandy or gravelly ground.

Family
Fabaceae (Pea & bean family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun
Water
Water sparingly once established; let the soil dry out fully between waterings.
Soil
Sandy or gravelly, very free-draining soil
Temperature
Tolerates hot, dry conditions; protect from frost
How easy
Hard
Safety
Toxic: Gastrolobium species are known as poison plants in Australia, containing fluoroacetate that is harmful if eaten; the common name 'Hill Wallflower Poison' reflects this.
Native range
C. Australia
Climate
desert or dry shrubland

About

Gastrolobium brevipes, also known as Hill Wallflower Poison, is a shrub that is endemic to the Central Ranges region of Western Australia, Northern Territory and South Australia. It is a member of the family Fabaceae, grows to 2.5 metres high and produces orange red pea-flowers in July.

Where it grows

It is found in the IBRA region of the Central Ranges, mainly the George Gill and MacDonnell Ranges. The habitat is on dunefields. sandy gravelly soils or rock soils, or dry watercourses.

Other Gastrolobium plants

Gastrolobium acrocaroli · Gastrolobium alternifolium · Heart Leaf Poisonbush · York Road Poison · Bacon And Eggs · Swan River Pea · Gastrolobium coriaceum · Gastrolobium formosum · Gastrolobium glabratum · Australian Poisonbush · Gastrolobium leakeanum · Gastrolobium lehmannii

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Gastrolobium brevipes by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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