Gastrolobium villosum | |
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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. villosum
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Binomial name | |
Gastrolobium villosum |
Gastrolobium villosum (common name crinkle-leaf poison [3] or crinkle-leaved poison) [4] is a low spreading shrub in the pea family ( Fabaceae), endemic to Western Australia. [4] Like most Gastrolobiums it is poisonous to stock. [3]
It was first described by George Bentham in 1839. [1] [2] There are no synonyms. [1] [5]
It is deemed to be "Not Threatened" under Western Australian conservation law. [4]
The specific epithet, villosum, is a Latin adjective, villosus, -a, -um ("villous") and describes the plant as having "long, soft, straight (not interwoven) hairs". [6]