Sphaerolobium calcicola

Sphaerolobium calcicola is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a slender, erect or climbing shrub with orange-red flowers from September to November.[2]

Sphaerolobium calcicola

Priority Three — Poorly Known Taxa (DEC)
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. calcicola
Binomial name
Sphaerolobium calcicola

It was first formally described in 2004 by Ryonen Butcher in Australian Systematic Botany from specimens collected in Yalgorup National Park in 1997.[3] The specific epithet (calcicola) means "limestone-dweller".[4]

Sphaerolobium calcicola grows on sand dunes, winter-wet places and swamps near the coast in the Swan Coastal Plain bioregion of south-western Western Australia. It is listed as "Priority Three" by the Government of Western Australia Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions,[2] meaning that it is poorly known and known from only a few locations but is not under imminent threat.[5]

References

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  1. ^ "Sphaerolobium calcicola". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 17 June 2022.
  2. ^ a b "Sphaerolobium calcicola". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
  3. ^ "Sphaerolobium calcicola". APNI. Retrieved 17 June 2022.
  4. ^ Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 155. ISBN 9780958034180.
  5. ^ "Conservation codes for Western Australian Flora and Fauna" (PDF). Government of Western Australia Department of Parks and Wildlife. Retrieved 17 June 2022.