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Sphaerolobium gracile

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Sphaerolobium gracile
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Genus: Sphaerolobium
Species:
S. gracile
Binomial name
Sphaerolobium gracile

Sphaerolobium gracile is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a low, straggling or prostrate shrub that typically grows to a height of up to 0.8 m (2 ft 7 in) and has a few short, linear leaves and yellow or orange flowers from September to January.[2][3]

It was first formally described in 1864 by George Bentham in Flora Australiensis from specimens collected north of the Murchison River by Augustus Oldfield.[4][3] The specific epithet (gracile) means "thin" or "slender".[5]

Sphaerolobium gracile grows in sand in the Avon Wheatbelt, Geraldton Sandplains and Swan Coastal Plain bioregions of south-western Western Australia and is listed as "not threatened" by the Government of Western Australia Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Sphaerolobium gracile". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 22 June 2022.
  2. ^ a b "Sphaerolobium gracile". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
  3. ^ a b Bentham, George; von Myeller, Ferdinand (1864). Flora Australiensis. London: Lovell Reeve & Co. p. 64. Retrieved 22 June 2022.
  4. ^ "Sphaerolobium gracile". APNI. Retrieved 22 June 2022.
  5. ^ Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 209. ISBN 9780958034180.