oxylobium

plural oxylobiums

1. Any leguminous plant of the genus Oxylobium, also commonly called shaggy peas.

   Pod stipitate, oblong, 3 to 4 lines long, straight or incurved, pubescent and turgid as in other Oxylobiums, but much narrower.

   1863, George Bentham, Ferdinand Mueller, Flora Australiensis: A Description of the Plants of the Australian Territory., volume I, O. trilobatum, page 25

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   All Oxylobiums and Gastrolobiums agree in having pea-shaped flowers, which produce small pods containing two or more dark-colored seeds.

   1925 December 25, “Poison Plants of Western Australia.”, in Great Southern Leader, Pingelley, Western Australia, Identification of Poisonous Species., page 8

   On the other hand, Oxylobium is still accepted in New South Wales, although a number of former oxylobiums have been re-classified under Podolobium.

   2003 November 29, Jim Barrow, “Everything New is Old Again”, in Australian Plants Online [from the newsletter of the Wildflower Society of Western Australia], archived from the original on 14 Sep 2025