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PLANT FACTS |
Map is from The Atlas of Living Australia web site, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia License
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.
Habitat
found in shrub thickets near streams and freshwater swamps
Distribution
south west of Western Australia
Growth Characteristics
Height: 3m
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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