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Sphaerolobium scabriusculum Meisn.

Reference
Lehm., Pl.Preiss. [J.G.C.Lehmann] 2:214 (1848)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Erect, leafless shrub, 0.3-0.6 m high. Fl. yellow, Sep to Nov. Sandy soils, lateritic gravel. Hillslopes, sandplains.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 2 August 1996
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Scientific Description

Erect, shrub, spindly shrub (broom-like). Stems terete, not spiny, glabrous; pustules or glands absent. Leaves or phylloclades absent or apparently so (reduced to scales). Stipules apparently absent even from the youngest leaves, without glands, ribless. Pedicel present, 2-2.5 mm long, glabrous. Calyx 4.5-7 mm long, not accrescent, glabrous, ribless; pustules or glands absent. Corolla 9-12 mm long, uniformly coloured, yellow; standard 9-9.5 mm long, glabrous, not auriculate, wings 6-9 mm long, not auriculate, keel 6-10 mm long, not beaked, not auriculate, glabrous. Stamens ten; anthers 0.8-1 mm long, at two different levels (filaments alternately long and short); filaments free (or united at the very base), 7-8 mm long. Ovary stipitate; style 8-13 mm long, glabrous, not bearded. Fruit dehiscent (a pod or follicle). Flowers in September, October and November. Occurs in the South-West Botanical Province, in the Jarrah Forest, Warren, Esperance and Swan Coastal Plain IBRA regions.

C. Hollister and K.R. Thiele, 24 October 2023

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Esperance Plains, Jarrah Forest, Swan Coastal Plain, Warren.
IBRA Subregions
Fitzgerald, Northern Jarrah Forest, Perth, Southern Jarrah Forest, Warren.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Albany, Augusta Margaret River, Busselton, Capel, Cranbrook, Dardanup, Donnybrook-Balingup, Gnowangerup, Jerramungup, Nannup, Ravensthorpe, Waroona.