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Gastrolobium coriaceum is an upright shrub up to about 2 m tall, endemic to south-west Western Australia, with orange spring flowers. Gastrolobium species are notably poisonous to livestock and wildlife, so it is grown mainly as a native garden shrub with care around pets and children.
Gastrolobium coriaceum is a shrub species in the family Fabaceae. It is endemic to the south west of Western Australia.
The species has an upright form, growing up to 2 metres high. It produces orange flowers between September and October (spring) in the species' native range. The species is found in the area around Mount Manypeaks near Albany and eastwards along the south coast to Fitzgerald River National Park, with a separate population located to the west in the Whicher Range.
Gastrolobium acrocaroli · Gastrolobium alternifolium · Heart Leaf Poisonbush · Gastrolobium brevipes · York Road Poison · Bacon And Eggs · Swan River Pea · Gastrolobium formosum · Gastrolobium glabratum · Australian Poisonbush · Gastrolobium leakeanum · Gastrolobium lehmannii
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Gastrolobium coriaceum 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.
