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Chorizema retrorsum

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Chorizema retrorsum
Near Walpole
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Genus: Chorizema
Species:
C. retrorsum
Binomial name
Chorizema retrorsum

Chorizema retrorsum is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to the southwest of Western Australia. It is a trailing or erect to climbing shrub that typically grows to a height of 3 m (9.8 ft) high. It has orange-red, yellow and pink flowers from August to December.[2]

It was first formally described in 1992 by Joan Taylor and Michael Crisp in the journal Australian Systematic Botany, from specimens collected between Walpole and Denmark.[3]

Chorizema retrorsum grows in a range of soils from near Bunbury to Albany in the Jarrah Forest and Warren bioregions of southern Western Australia.[2] The specific epithet (retrorsum) means "turned back", referring to the teeth on the leaf edges".[4]

References

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  1. ^ "Chorizema retrorsum". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
  2. ^ a b "Chorizema retrorsum". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
  3. ^ "Chorizema retrorsum". Australian Plant Name Index. Retrieved 28 September 2022.
  4. ^ Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 294. ISBN 9780958034180.