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Gastrolobium spinosum Benth. ex Lindl.
Prickly Poison
A small plant from southern Western Australia. This species has distinctive apetiolate leaves.

	Gastrolobium *spinosum*	*Gastrolobium* *spinosum*

	Description:Flower	Description:Flower - side view
	Location:16K S of Kulgarin, Western Australia	Location:16K S of Kulgarin, Western Australia
	GPS coordinates:32˚37.5240S, 118°40.3250E	GPS coordinates:32˚37.5240S, 118°40.3250E
	Date:8 October 2018	Date:8 October 2018
	Field No.:7180	Field No.:7180

	Gastrolobium *spinosum*	*Gastrolobium* *spinosum*

	Description:Flower and buds	Description:Flowers
	Location:16K S of Kulgarin, Western Australia	Location:Great Southern Highway, W of Esperance, Western Australia
	GPS coordinates:32˚37.5240S, 118°40.3250E	GPS coordinates:33˚44.8550S, 121°14.8200E
	Date:8 October 2018	Date:5 October 2018
	Field No.:7180	Field No.:7037

	Gastrolobium *spinosum*	*Gastrolobium* *spinosum*

	Description:Flowers	Description:Flowers
	Location:Great Southern Highway, W of Esperance, Western Australia	Location:Great Southern Highway, W of Esperance, Western Australia
	GPS coordinates:33˚44.8550S, 121°14.8200E	GPS coordinates:33˚44.8550S, 121°14.8200E
	Date:5 October 2018	Date:5 October 2018
	Field No.:7037	Field No.:7037

	Gastrolobium *spinosum*	*Gastrolobium* *spinosum*

	Description:Leaves	Description:Leaves - underside
	Location:Great Southern Highway, W of Esperance, Western Australia	Location:16K S of Kulgarin, Western Australia
	GPS coordinates:33˚44.8550S, 121°14.8200E	GPS coordinates:32˚37.5240S, 118°40.3250E
	Date:5 October 2018	Date:8 October 2018
	Field No.:7037	Field No.:7180

	Gastrolobium *spinosum*	*Gastrolobium* *spinosum*

	Description:Flower and buds	Description:Leaves
	Location:16K S of Kulgarin, Western Australia	Location:16K S of Kulgarin, Western Australia
	GPS coordinates:32˚37.5240S, 118°40.3250E	GPS coordinates:32˚37.5240S, 118°40.3250E
	Date:8 October 2018	Date:8 October 2018
	Field No.:7180	Field No.:7180

	Gastrolobium *spinosum*	*Gastrolobium* *spinosum*

	Description:Plant in habitat	Description:Plant in habitat
	Location:16K S of Kulgarin, Western Australia	Location:Great Southern Highway, W of Esperance, Western Australia
	GPS coordinates:32˚37.5240S, 118°40.3250E	GPS coordinates:33˚44.8550S, 121°14.8200E
	Date:8 October 2018	Date:5 October 2018
	Field No.:7180	Field No.:7037

	Gastrolobium *spinosum*	*Gastrolobium* *spinosum*

	Description:Flower	Description:Plant
	Location:Mumbida Wind Farm, Western Australia	Location:Mumbida Wind Farm, Western Australia
	GPS coordinates:28˚59.2038S, 115°00.3750E	GPS coordinates:28˚59.2038S, 115°00.3750E
	Date:9 August 2016	Date:9 August 2016
	Field No.:5424	Field No.:5424

	Gastrolobium *spinosum*	*Gastrolobium* *spinosum*

	Description:Plant in habitat	Description:Plant in habitat
	Location:Mills Lookout, Chapman Valley, Western Australia	Location:Mills Lookout, Chapman Valley, Western Australia
	GPS coordinates:28˚42.2570S, 114°41.6290E	GPS coordinates:28˚42.2570S, 114°41.6290E
	Date:25 August 2015	Date:25 August 2015
	Field No.:3288	Field No.:3288

References (accessed 27 March 2019):

Chandler, G.R., Crisp, M.D., Cayzer, L.W. & Bayer, R.J., (2002) Monograph of Gastrolobium (Fabaceae: Mirbelia). Australian Systematic Botany. 15(5):629-630

https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/browse/profile/3924

http://esperancewildflowers.blogspot.com/2009/04/prickly-poison-gastrolobium-spinosum.html

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