Chorizema ulotropis

Chorizema ulotropis is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to the southwest of Western Australia. It is a sprawling, open, more or less prostrate shrub that typically grows to a height of 45 cm (18 in) high. It has orange-yellow flowers from July to September.^[2]

Chorizema ulotropis
In the Fitzgerald River National Park
Conservation status
Priority Four — Rare Taxa (DEC)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Fabales
Family:	Fabaceae
Subfamily:	Faboideae
Genus:	Chorizema
Species:	C. ulotropis
Binomial name
Chorizema ulotropis J.M.Taylor & Crisp[1]

It was first formally described in 1992 by Joan Taylor and Michael Crisp in the journal Australian Systematic Botany, from specimens collected near Jerramungup.^[3]

Chorizema ulotropis grows in sand with gravel or laterite on granite outcrops and flats in the Esperance Plains, Jarrah Forest and Mallee bioregions of south-western Western Australia.^[2] The specific epithet (ulotropis) means "a curled keel", referring to the woolly tips on the keeled petals.^[4]

Conservation status

Chorizema ulotropis is classified as "Priority Four" by the Government of Western Australia Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions,^[2] meaning that it is rare or near threatened.^[5]