Gastrolobium oxylobioides Champion Bay Poison Endemic
This was one of the original plants eventually found to be the cause of poisoning of stock held by the early settlers. The exact cause took some detective work but we now know that the Gastrolobium genus as a whole contains mono fluoro acetate which is poisonous to sheep, cattle, dogs and cats but not to native animals which have evolved alongside the plant. The active poison is sometimes used to provide bait to kill feral foxes and cats which threaten the ground dwelling marsupials of western Australia.
Gastrolobium oxylobioides is found in the coastal plain from around Geraldton to just south of Perth.
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Kalbarri National Park, Western Australia 2nd September 2012
Added on 4th April 2018