Sphaerolobium drummondii

Sphaerolobium drummondii is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is an erect, leafless shrub with red and yellow or orange flowers from July to November.^[2]

Sphaerolobium drummondii
Near Badgingarra
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Fabales
Family:	Fabaceae
Subfamily:	Faboideae
Genus:	Sphaerolobium
Species:	S. drummondii
Binomial name
Sphaerolobium drummondii Turcz.[1]
Synonyms[1]
Sphaerolobium aff. macranthum Sphaerolobium crassirameum Meisn. Sphaerolobium drummondii subsp. cordatum R.Butcher MS

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) honours James Drummond.^[5]

Sphaerolobium drummondii grows on sandplains, in swampy areas and on granite slopes in the Avon Wheatbelt, Esperance Plains, Geraldton Sandplains, Jarrah Forest, Mallee, Swan Coastal Plain 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]