Sphaerolobium calcicola

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

Priority Three — Poorly Known Taxa (DEC)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Genus: Sphaerolobium
Species:
S. calcicola
Binomial name
Sphaerolobium calcicola
R.Butcher[1]

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
  1. "Sphaerolobium calcicola". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 17 June 2022.
  2. "Sphaerolobium calcicola". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
  3. "Sphaerolobium calcicola". APNI. Retrieved 17 June 2022.
  4. Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 155. ISBN 9780958034180.
  5. "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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