Sphaerolobium nudiflorum is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a shrub that typically grows to a height of 15–60 cm (5.9–23.6 in) and has yellow or orange flowers from October to January.[2] It was first formally described in 1844 by Carl Meissner who gave it the name Roea nudiflora in Lehmann's Plantae Preissianae.[3][4] In 1864, George Bentham changed the name to Sphaerolobium nudiflorum in Flora Australiensis[5] The specific epithet (nudiflorum) means "bare-flowered".[6]
| Sphaerolobium nudiflorum | |
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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. nudiflorum
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| Binomial name | |
| Sphaerolobium nudiflorum | |
This pea grows on flats and granite hills in the Esperance Plains, Jarrah Forest 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 edit
- ^ "Sphaerolobium nudiflorum". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 8 July 2022.
- ^ a b "Sphaerolobium nudiflorum". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
- ^ "Roea nudiflora". APNI. Retrieved 8 July 2022.
- ^ Meissner, Carl; Lehmann, Johann G.C. (1844). Plantae Preissianae. Vol. 1. Hamburg. p. 59. Retrieved 8 July 2022.
- ^ "Sphaerolobium nudiflorum". APNI. Retrieved 8 July 2022.
- ^ Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 262. ISBN 9780958034180.
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