About Gastrolobium spinosum Benth.
Gastrolobium spinosum Benth., commonly called prickly poison, is a shrub species belonging to the legume family Fabaceae. This species is endemic to Southwest Australia. Individuals of the species grow between 0.3 and 3.5 metres tall. Its leaves have spiky, toothed margins and a long, tapering, sharply pointed tip. The plant produces pea-shaped flowers that range in color from yellow to orange, with a red band surrounding the yellow central area, and a keel that is pink to maroon. Flowering occurs from early spring to early summer, which corresponds to September to December in Australia. The species was first formally described by English botanist George Bentham. Bentham's description was published by John Lindley in the 1839 work A Sketch of the Vegetation of the Swan River Colony.
