''Gastrolobium brevipes'' is a shrub that is

endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsew ...

to the

Central Ranges Central Ranges (code CER) is an Australian bioregion, with an area of 101,640.44 square kilometres (39,244 sq mi) spreading across two states and one territory: South Australia, Western Australia, and the Northern Territory.Western Australia Western Australia (commonly abbreviated as WA) is a state of Australia occupying the western percent of the land area of Australia excluding external territories. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Southern Ocean to th ...

Northern Territory The Northern Territory (commonly abbreviated as NT; formally the Northern Territory of Australia) is an states and territories of Australia, Australian territory in the central and central northern regions of Australia. The Northern Territory ...

and

South Australia South Australia (commonly abbreviated as SA) is a state in the southern central part of Australia. It covers some of the most arid parts of the country. With a total land area of , it is the fourth-largest of Australia's states and territories ...

. It is a member of the family

Fabaceae The Fabaceae or Leguminosae,International Code of Nomenc ...

, grows to 2.5 metres high and produces orange red pea-flowers in July. Malcolm, P. 2012. Gastrolobium brevipes. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2012: e.T19893120A20074732. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012.RLTS.T19893120A20074732.en. Downloaded on 15 April 2017

Taxonomy

The species was first formally described in 1983 botanist

Michael Crisp Michael Douglas Crisp (born 1950) is an emeritus professor in the Research School of Biology at the Australian National University located in Canberra. In 1976 he gained a PhD from the University of Adelaide, studying long-term vegetation chan ...

and the description was published in the Kew Bulletin as well as ''

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''.

Distribution and habitat

It is found in the

IBRA The Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) is a biogeographic regionalisation of Australia developed by the Australian government's Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population, and Communities. It was devel ...

region of the Central Ranges, mainly the George Gill and MacDonnell Ranges. The habitat is on dunefields. sandy gravelly soils or rock soils, or dry watercourses.

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q15479085 brevipes Rosids of Western Australia Endemic flora of Western Australia Plants described in 1983 Taxa named by Michael Crisp