Sphaerolobium calcicola is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a slender, erect or climbing shrub with orange-red flowers from September to November.[2]
| Sphaerolobium calcicola | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Faboideae |
| Genus: | Sphaerolobium |
| Species: | S. calcicola
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| Binomial name | |
| Sphaerolobium calcicola | |
It was first formally described in 2004 by Ryonen Butcher in Australian Systematic Botany from specimens collected in Yalgorup National Park in 1997.[3] The specific epithet (calcicola) means "limestone-dweller".[4]
Sphaerolobium calcicola grows on sand dunes, winter-wet places and swamps near the coast in the Swan Coastal Plain bioregion of south-western Western Australia. It is listed as "Priority Three" by the Government of Western Australia Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions,[2] meaning that it is poorly known and known from only a few locations but is not under imminent threat.[5]
References
edit- ^ "Sphaerolobium calcicola". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 17 June 2022.
- ^ a b "Sphaerolobium calcicola". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
- ^ "Sphaerolobium calcicola". APNI. Retrieved 17 June 2022.
- ^ Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 155. ISBN 9780958034180.
- ^ "Conservation codes for Western Australian Flora and Fauna" (PDF). Government of Western Australia Department of Parks and Wildlife. Retrieved 17 June 2022.
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