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Sphaerolobium benetectum is a small tuft-forming sub-shrub from the south-west of Western Australia, grown mainly for its orange-yellow and red pea flowers. It likes moist conditions and is best suited to a cool, mild climate.
Sphaerolobium benetectum is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is tuft-forming sub-shrub with erect stems, linear to lance-shaped leaves, and yellow-orange and pink to red flowers.
This species grows in winter-wet areas near swamps and in low shrubland in three disjunct areas, near Collie, near Augusta and near Mount Lindesay.
Grampians Globe Pea · Sphaerolobium alatum · Sphaerolobium calcicola · Sphaerolobium daviesioides · Sphaerolobium drummondii · Sphaerolobium fornicatum · Sphaerolobium gracile · Sphaerolobium grandiflorum · Sphaerolobium hygrophilum · Sphaerolobium linophyllum · Sphaerolobium macranthum · Sphaerolobium medium
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Sphaerolobium benetectum by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
