Gold Coast
flora and fauna

A guide to the plants and animals that make our city one of the most biodiverse in Australia.
Phylum
CHAROPHYTA
Class
EQUISETOPSIDA
Family
FABACEAE
Genus
Macroptilium
Species
atropurpureum
Has fauna
False
Mapping

Common Name
Siratro
Alternate name
Purple Bush-Bean
Is historical
False
QLD
Naturalised
NSW
EPBC
APC
ROTAP
Comment
LGA significant
False
Stronghold population
False
Wildnet record
False
Museum listing
False
Introduced
True
Qld Census
False
Regionally significant/rationale
False
Restricted distribution/rationale
False
Abundance
Historical abundance
Endemicity
Overall distribution
Local distribution
Known location
Other locality
Riparian dependent
False
Wetland dependent
False
Forest dependent
False
Hollow dependent
False
Terrestrial
True
Estuarine
False
Marine
False
General ecology
Specific ecology
Habitat
Eucalypt Forest
Habitat comment
Threats
Management
Community type
Migratory
False
Migration notes
Feeding status
Feeding strategy
Feeding substrate
Diet
Reproduction
Smothers native vegetation adjoining disturbed areas and disused pastures. Seeds have a long viability.
Breeding season
Active period
Active season
Social group
Behaviour
Range
Biology
Growth form
Vine
Description
Creeping or climbing legume. Bright green leaflets are grouped in threes, the two lower leaflets often with a rounded lobe. Dark red purple flowers are borne on long spikes most of the year followed by narrow pods 5–10cm long.
Taxonomy Comments
Species comments
Citations