Gastrolobium leakeanum

Mountain pea
Gastrolobium leakeanum on Bluff Knoll

Priority Two — Poorly Known Taxa (DEC)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Genus: Gastrolobium
Species:
G. leakeanum
Binomial name
Gastrolobium leakeanum
Synonyms[1]
List of synonyms
  • Callistachys atropurpureum Kuntze orth. var.
  • Callistachys atropurpureus (Turcz.) Kuntze
  • Nemcia atropurpurea (Turcz.) Domin
  • Nemcia atropurpurea Domin nom. inval., nom. nud.
  • Nemcia atropurpurea (Turcz.) Domin var. atropurpurea
  • Nemcia atropurpurea var. typica Domin nom. inval.
  • Nemcia leakeana (J.Drumm.) Crisp
  • Oxylobium atropurpureum Turcz.

Gastrolobium leakeanum, commonly known as the mountain pea, is a plant in the pea family Fabaceae that is endemic to a small area in the south-west of Western Australia. It is an erect or sprawling shrub to about 2 m (6 ft 7 in) high, with red to orange or yellow flowers in spring.

  1. ^ a b "Gastrolobium leakeanum". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 25 November 2019.