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Sphaerolobium hygrophilum

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Sphaerolobium hygrophilum
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. hygrophilum
Binomial name
Sphaerolobium hygrophilum

Sphaerolobium hygrophilum is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is an erect shrub with many stems, that typically grows to a height of up to 1.7 m (5 ft 7 in) and has pink to red or orange flowers from August to December.[2] It was first formally described in 2004 by Ryonen Butcher in Australian Systematic Botany from specimens collected near Northcliffe in 2000.[3] The specific epithet (hygrophilum) means "water-loving".[4]

Sphaerolobium hygrophilum grows in winter-wet areas, swamps and near watercourses in the Jarrah Forest, Swan Coastal Plain and Warren 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 hygrophilum". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 27 June 2022.
  2. ^ a b "Sphaerolobium hygrophilum". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
  3. ^ "Sphaerolobium hygrophilum". APNI. Retrieved 27 June 2022.
  4. ^ Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 220. ISBN 9780958034180.