Chorizema circinale

Chorizema circinale is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to the southwest of Western Australia. It is a prostrate, scrambling, wiry shrub that typically grows to a height of up to 40 cm (16 in) and has yellow, orange and red flowers.[2] It was first formally described in 1992 Joan Taylor and Michael Crisp in Australian Systematic Botany, from specimens collected about 53 km (33 mi) west of Grass Patch in 1983.[3] The specific epithet (circinale) means "curved or bent like a crozier", referring to the leaves.[4]

Chorizema circinale
Near Grass Patch, Western Australia

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: Chorizema
Species:
C. circinale
Binomial name
Chorizema circinale
J.M.Taylor & Crisp[1]

This chorizema grows in sand and sandy clay with gravel on flats in the Coolgardie, Esperance Plains and Mallee bioregions of south-western Western Australia.[2]

Chorizema circinale is listed as "Priority Three" by the Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.[2]

References
  1. "Chorizema circinale". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
  2. "Chorizema circinale". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
  3. "Chorizema circinale". APNI. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
  4. Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 164. ISBN 9780958034180.


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