Brachychiton viscidulus

Brachychiton viscidulus is a plant in the Malvaceae family, native to Western Australia.^[1]

Brachychiton viscidulus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Malvales
Family:	Malvaceae
Genus:	Brachychiton
Species:	B. viscidulus
Binomial name
Brachychiton viscidulus (W.Fitzg.) Guymer
Synonyms[1]
Sterculia viscidula W.Fitzg.

It was first described by William Vincent Fitzgerald in 1906 as Sterculia viscidula,^[2][3] but was transferred to the Brachychiton genus in 1989 by Gordon P. Guymer to become Brachychiton viscidulus.^[2][4]

B. viscidulus is a tree with pink-red to orange flowers which grows to heights of 2m to 8m, which flowers from April to January. It grows on clays, on skeletal soils over many different types of rocks, and is found on rocky slopes, gorges scarps.^[5]