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{{Short description|Species of legume}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}
{{Speciesbox
|image = Gastrolobium sericeum flowers 02.jpg
|image_caption =
|genus = Gastrolobium
|species = sericeum
|authority = ([[James Edward Smith (botanist)|Sm.]]) [[G.Chandler]] & [[Michael Crisp|Crisp]]<ref name="APC">{{cite web |title=''Gastrolobium sericeum'' |url=https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/apc-format/display/167746 |publisher=Australian Plant Census |access-date=24 August 2021}}</ref>
|synonyms = *''Brachysema sericeum'' (Sm.) Domin 
*''Brachysema undulatum'' Ker Gawl.
*''Chorizema sericeum'' Sm.
}}

'''''Gastrolobium sericeum''''' is a flowering plant in the family [[Fabaceae]]. It is [[endemic (ecology)|endemic]] to the [[Southwest Australia|south-west]] of Western Australia. It is a prostrate, low shrub with pendulous yellow, green, red or nearly black pea-flowers from spring to summer.

==Description==
''Gastrolobium sericeum'' is a low growing, dense prostrate or twining shrub to {{cvt|1|m}} high. The branchlets more or less needle-shaped and smooth. The leaves are arranged alternately on the stem, elliptic to orb-shaped sometimes oval, {{cvt|6-50|mm}} long, {{cvt|6-30|mm}} wide, prominently veined, wavy, margins finely scalloped and rolled under, apex rounded to sharp or occasionally notched. The pendulous yellow, green, red or nearly black pea-flowers have yellowish or green markings, the [[Papilionaceous flower#Corolla|standard]] petal {{cvt|15|mm}} long, the [[Papilionaceous flower#Corolla|keel]] {{cvt|12-16|mm}} long and smooth. Flowering occurs from September to December and the fruit is a [[pod (botany)|pod]]. It is not known whether this species shares the toxic properties of many other members of the genus ''[[Gastrolobium]]''.<ref name=ASB>{{cite journal |author=Chandler, G. T. |author2=M.D. Crisp |author3=L.W. Cayzer |author-link3=Lindy W. Cayzer |author4=R.J. Bayer |name-list-style=amp |year=2002 |title=Monograph of ''Gastrolobium'' (Fabaceae: Mirbelieae). |journal=[[Australian Systematic Botany]] |volume=15 |issue= 5|pages=619–739 |url=http://www.anbg.gov.au/cpbr/publications/bayer-publications/71.Aust.Syst.Bot.15_619-739.pdf |doi=10.1071/SB01010 }}</ref><ref name=FloraBase>{{FloraBase|name=''Gastrolobium sericeum''|id=20500}}</ref>

==Taxonomy==
''Gastrolobium sericeum'' was first formally described in 1864 by botanist [[James Edward Smith (botanist)|James Edward Smith]] and the description published in ''Transactions of the Linnean Society of London ''. He gave it the name ''Chorizema sericeum'' Subsequently, it was placed in the genus ''Brachysema''. Finally, in 1995, botanist [[Michael Crisp]] placed the species in the genus ''Gastrolobium'' along with a number of other ''Brachysema'' species.<ref name=APNI>{{cite web|title=''Gastrolobium sericeum''|url= https://id.biodiversity.org.au/instance/apni/577599 |publisher=APNI|access-date=24 August 2021}}</ref>

==Distribution==
This species is usually found along the edge of streams or swamps.<ref name=ASB>{{cite journal |author=Chandler, G. T. |author2=M.D. Crisp |author3=L.W. Cayzer |author-link3=Lindy W. Cayzer |author4=R.J. Bayer |name-list-style=amp |year=2002 |title=Monograph of ''Gastrolobium'' (Fabaceae: Mirbelieae). |journal=[[Australian Systematic Botany]] |volume=15 |issue= 5|pages=619–739 |url=http://www.anbg.gov.au/cpbr/publications/bayer-publications/71.Aust.Syst.Bot.15_619-739.pdf |doi=10.1071/SB01010 }}</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:Gastrolobium|sericeum]]
[[Category:Plants described in 1864]]
[[Category:Rosids of Western Australia]]
[[Category:Endemic flora of Western Australia]]
[[Category:Taxa named by James Edward Smith]]

Gastrolobium sericeum - Revision history

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