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