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Wallflower poison bush (Gastrolobium grandiflorum)

Wallflower poison bush (Gastrolobium grandiflorum), red flower

This Australian native, like many plants within the Gastrolobium genus, contains high levels of fluoroacetate – a toxin that it produces as protection against herbivores.

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Rights: Mark Marathon, CC BY-SA 4.0
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