Gastrolobium bilobum Heartleaf Poison Endemic
This species can be a shrub or a quite tall tree 3 or 4 metres high. The flowers as shown can be deep orange or yellowish but the leaves usually have a slight indentataion with a mucronate tip in the centre. It is found commonly in the south west fro Perth to Albany but there is a population near Esperance too. As with all the endemic Gastrolobium genus (about 100 species) the plant contains the poison monofluoracetic acid which can kill non native species of animal.
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| Gastrolobium bilobum Heartleaf Poison |
LHS Yornup, Steve and Wendy's bushland 27th Oct 2013, RHS Walpole area, Western Australia 17th August 2012
Added on 4th April 2018