Sphaerolobium nudiflorum

Sphaerolobium nudiflorum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Fabales
Family:	Fabaceae
Subfamily:	Faboideae
Genus:	Sphaerolobium
Species:	S. nudiflorum
Binomial name
Sphaerolobium nudiflorum (Meisn.) Benth.[1]

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]

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

1. "Sphaerolobium nudiflorum". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 8 July 2022.
2. "Sphaerolobium nudiflorum". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
3. "Roea nudiflora". APNI. Retrieved 8 July 2022.
4. Meissner, Carl; Lehmann, Johann G.C. (1844). Plantae Preissianae. Vol. 1. Hamburg. p. 59. Retrieved 8 July 2022.
5. "Sphaerolobium nudiflorum". APNI. Retrieved 8 July 2022.
6. Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 262. ISBN 9780958034180.