Gastrolobium truncatum Benth.

Low, spreading shrub. Leaves to about 2 cm long, 1 cm wide, irregular or scattered, roundish tip, strongly truncate, with a small central point. Flowers prolific, in axillary clusters, each flower about 1 cm wide. Standard yellow, wings and keel reddish or brownish red; spring. Fruit pods 0.5-1 cm long.

Listed as non-toxic.

WA.

Source: Spencer, R. (2002). Fabaceae. In: Spencer, R.. Horticultural Flora of South-eastern Australia. Volume 3. Flowering plants. Dicotyledons. Part 2. The identification of garden and cultivated plants. University of New South Wales Press.

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kingdom Plantae
phylum   Tracheophyta
class    Magnoliopsida
superorder     Rosanae
order      Fabales
family       Fabaceae
genus        Gastrolobium R.Br.