Fabaceae tribe Mirbelieae

Isotropis

Isotropis Benth. (1837), Enum. Pl. (Endlicher), 28.

10 spp.
Gr.: isos, equal and tropis, keel; the keel is equal in length to the wings.
Most parts of Australia except the south-east.
Drier communities (including the central deserts), usually on sandy soils.
Toxic to domestic grazing animals.
J.R.Maconochie (1981), Fl. Central Australia, 146-147; B.J.Grieve (1998), How to Know Western Australian Wildflowers, ed. 2, 2, 374-375.
A distinctive genus of herbs and subshrubs; sister group to Mirbelia sens. lat., which also has 5-nucleate embryo-sacs.
© M. Crisp

Isotropis atropurpurea, Great Sandy Desert, WA

Isotropis atropurpurea, Great Sandy Desert, WA

Isotropis cuneifolia, wheatbelt, WA