Gastrolobium melanopetalum
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Gastrolobium melanopetalum (cultivated, labelled) Maranoa Gardens, Balwyn, Victoria, Australia
Photograph by Melburnian. Some rights reserved.
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PLANT FACTS
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Description
Gastrolobium melanopetalum is a shrub with narrow ovate leaves about 2cm - 6cm long. It has purple black pea flowers in early spring to early summer.
Height
3m
Habitat
found in shrub thickets near streams and freshwater swamps
Distribution
south west of Western Australia
Classification
| Class: | Magnoliopsida | | Order: | Fabales | | Family: | Fabaceae | | Genus: | Gastrolobium | | Species: | melanopetalum |
Relatives in same Genus
Gastrolobium minus
Gastrolobium praemorsum 'Bronze Butterfly'
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