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''Gastrolobium villosum'' (common name crinkle-leaf poison or crinkle-leaved poison) is a low spreading shrub in the pea family (), endemic to
''Gastrolobium villosum'' occurrence data
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''Gastrolobium villosum'' (common name crinkle-leaf poison or crinkle-leaved poison) is a low spreading shrub in the pea family (), endemic to 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 ...
. Like most Gastrolobiums it is poisonous to stock.
It was first described by George Bentham in 1839. There are no synonyms.
It is deemed to be "Not Threatened" under Western Australian conservation law.
Etymology
The specific epithet, ''villosum'', is a Latin adjective, ''villosus, -a, -um'' ("villous") and describes the plant as having "long, soft, straight (not interwoven) hairs".References
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''Gastrolobium villosum'' occurrence data
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Australasian Virtual Herbarium
The ''Australasian Virtual Herbarium'' (AVH) is an online resource that allows access to plant specimen data held by various Australian and New Zealand herbaria. It is part of the Atlas of Living Australia (ALA), and was formed by the amalgamat ...
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Plants described in 1839
Taxa named by George Bentham
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