Gastrolobium calycinum
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| York Road poison | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Faboideae |
| Genus: | Gastrolobium |
| Species: | G. calycinum |
| Binomial name | |
| Gastrolobium calycinum | |
Gastrolobium calycinum commonly known as York Road poison,[2] is a flowering plant in the family Fabaceae. It has variable leaves and yellow pea flowers with a pink or red centre and is endemic to Western Australia.
Gastrolobium calycinum is an upright, bushy shrub to 1.5 m (4 ft 11 in) high, leaves broadly oval to orb-shaped, tapering to a sharp point, up to 2.54–5.08 cm (1.00–2.00 in) long, stiff, veined, sometimes with a whitish covering and arranged opposite or in a grouping of three. The yellow pea flowers are in short racemes, bracts brown and stiff, concave and rounded. The standard petal is not as long as the calyx, wings as long as the keel. Flowering occurs from August to November.[2][3]