Sphaerolobium daviesioides

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Sphaerolobium daviesioides
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. daviesioides
Binomial name
Sphaerolobium daviesioides

Sphaerolobium daviesioides, commonly known as prickly globe-pea, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to the south of Western Australia. It is an erect, rigid, leafless shrub with orange or yellow and red flowers from August to October.[2]

It was first formally described in 1853 by Nikolai Turczaninow in the Bulletin de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou.[3][4] The specific epithet (drummondii) means "Daviesia-like".[5]

Sphaerolobium daviesioides grows on sandplain in the Esperance Plains, Hampton and Mallee bioregions of southern Western Australia and is listed as "not threatened" by the Government of Western Australia Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Sphaerolobium daviesioides". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 19 June 2022.
  2. ^ a b "Sphaerolobium daviesioides". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
  3. ^ Turczaninow, Nikolai (1853). "Sphaerolobium daviesioides". Bulletin de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou. 26 (1): 266–267. Retrieved 19 June 2022.
  4. ^ "Sphaerolobium daviesioides". APNI. Retrieved 19 June 2022.
  5. ^ Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 179. ISBN 9780958034180.