Gastrolobium

Plant Characteristics

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Cultivation

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Scientific Names

Read about Gastrolobium in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Gastrolobium (Greek-made name, referring to the swollen pods). Leguminosae. More than 30 shrubs of W. Austral., little known in cult. Lvs. simple and entire, mostly stiff: fls. yellow or in part purple- red, racemose in corymbs or whorls; calyx 5-lobed; petals clawed, the standard orbicular or kidney-shaped, and emarginate, the wings oblong, and the keel broad and short; stamens free; style filiform, incurved: pod turgid, ovoid or nearly globular. G. velutinum, Lindl. A handsome shrub: lvs. in 3's or 4's, varying from obpvate to linear-cuneate, very obtuse, emarginate, ¾ in. or less long: fls. orange-red, on villous pedicels, in terminal clusters to 1 ½ in. long: pod ovoid, about ¼ in. long. G. cuneatum, Henfr., may be the same as the foregoing, perhaps with longer racemes. J.F. 3:258. G. villosum, Benth. Decumbent with ascending sts.: lvs. opposite, ovate to almost lanceolate, very obtuse, 1-2 in. long: fls. in terminal pedunculate racemes 3-4 in. long; standard orange-red, shorter lower petals purple-red :pod broadly ovoid, about 1/3 in. long. B.R. 33:45. J.F. 4:341. G. ovalifolium, Henfr. Diffuse shrub: lvs. mostly opposite, ovate or oblong or orbicular, 1 in. or less long, often emarginate: fls. nearly sessile in racemes 1-3 in. long, orange or orange-red, the lower petals deeply colored. J.F. 3:247, 324. L. H. B. CH The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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References

• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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