Gastrolobium brevipes | |
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Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Fabales |
Family: | Fabaceae |
Subfamily: | Faboideae |
Genus: | Gastrolobium |
Species: | G. brevipes
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Binomial name | |
Gastrolobium brevipes |
Gastrolobium brevipes 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. [1] [2]
The species was first formally described in 1983 botanist Michael Crisp and the description was published in the Kew Bulletin as well as Australian Systematic Botany. [3] [4]
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. [5]