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Sphaerolobium hygrophilum is an erect, many-stemmed shrub from south-west Western Australia, growing up to about 1.7 m with pink to red or orange pea flowers from August to December. Its name means water-loving, and it grows best in consistently moist soil.
Sphaerolobium hygrophilum is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is an erect shrub with many stems, that typically grows to a height of up to 1.7 m (5 ft 7 in) and has pink to red or orange flowers from August to December. It was first formally described in 2004 by Ryonen Butcher in Australian Systematic Botany from specimens collected near Northcliffe in 2000. The specific epithet (hygrophilum) means "water-loving".
Sphaerolobium hygrophilum grows in winter-wet areas, swamps and near watercourses in the Jarrah Forest, Swan Coastal Plain and Warren bioregions of south-western Western Australia and is listed as "not threatened" by the Government of Western Australia Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Sphaerolobium hygrophilum 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.
