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Sphaerolobium racemulosum is a leafless, wiry shrub from south-west Western Australia, grown mainly for its red or reddish-orange pea flowers. It is a native species, so it is best treated as a plant for a mild, free-draining site in its climate.
Sphaerolobium nudiflorum is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a leafless shrub that typically grows to a height of 0.3–1 m (1 ft 0 in – 3 ft 3 in) and has wiry stems. The flowers are borne in racemes 13–25 mm (0.51–0.98 in) long on short pedicels and are red or reddish-orange, the standard petal twice as long as the sepals. Flowering occurs from July to November and the fruit is an oval to more or less spherical pod about 4 mm (0.16 in) long.
It was first formally described in 1864 by George Bentham in Flora Australiensis. The specific epithet (racemulosum) means "having a small raceme".
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Sphaerolobium racemulosum 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.
