Sphaerolobium gracile | |
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Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Fabales |
Family: | Fabaceae |
Subfamily: | Faboideae |
Genus: | Sphaerolobium |
Species: | S. gracile
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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]
Sphaerolobium gracile | |
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Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Fabales |
Family: | Fabaceae |
Subfamily: | Faboideae |
Genus: | Sphaerolobium |
Species: | S. gracile
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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]