Chorizema glycinifolium
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| Chorizema glycinifolium | |
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| In Porongurup National Park | |
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Faboideae |
| Genus: | Chorizema |
| Species: | C. glycinifolium |
| Binomial name | |
| Chorizema glycinifolium | |
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Chorizema glycinifolium is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a slender, erect or sprawling shrub with variably-shaped leaves and orange, pink or red flowers with yellowish markings.
Chorizema glycinifolium is a slender, erect or sprawling shrub with branches up to 80 cm (31 in) long. The leaves are variably shaped, mostly 15–75 mm (0.59–2.95 in) long and 1–15 mm (0.039–0.591 in) wide - those near the base of the plant short and broad, and those nearer the ends of the branches long and narrow. The flowers are 10–12 mm (0.39–0.47 in) wide and orange, pink or red with yellowish markings.[2][3]