Chorizema circinale is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to the southwest of Western Australia. It is a prostrate, scrambling, wiry shrub that typically grows to a height of up to 40 cm (16 in) and has yellow, orange and red flowers.[2] It was first formally described in 1992 Joan Taylor and Michael Crisp in Australian Systematic Botany, from specimens collected about 53 km (33 mi) west of Grass Patch in 1983.[3] The specific epithet (circinale) means "curved or bent like a crozier", referring to the leaves.[4]
| Chorizema circinale | |
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| Near Grass Patch, Western Australia | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Faboideae |
| Genus: | Chorizema |
| Species: | C. circinale
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| Binomial name | |
| Chorizema circinale | |
This chorizema grows in sand and sandy clay with gravel on flats in the Coolgardie, Esperance Plains and Mallee bioregions of south-western Western Australia.[2]
Chorizema circinale is listed as "Priority Three" by the Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.[2]
References
edit- ^ "Chorizema circinale". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
- ^ a b c "Chorizema circinale". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
- ^ "Chorizema circinale". APNI. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
- ^ Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 164. ISBN 9780958034180.
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