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Sphaerolobium gracile
Species of flowering plant From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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]
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