Chorizema obtusifolium
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| Chorizema obtusifolium | |
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| In Cape Arid National Park | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Faboideae |
| Genus: | Chorizema |
| Species: | C. obtusifolium |
| Binomial name | |
| Chorizema obtusifolium | |
Chorizema obtusifolium is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to the coast of southern Western Australia. It is an erect, spreading or trailing shrub with leathery, linear leaves, and orange, pinkish-orange and red pea flowers.
Chorizema obtusifolium is an erect, spreading or trailing shrub that typically grows to a height of 50 cm (20 in) with stems 30–46 cm (12–18 in) long. Its leaves are leathery and linear, 19–38 mm (0.75–1.50 in) long with the tip curve downwards. The flowers are orange, pinkish-orange and red, arranged in racemes 25–50 mm (0.98–1.97 in) long, each flower on a short pedicel. The sepals are 8.5–10.5 mm (0.33–0.41 in) long, the two upper lobes joined for most of their length. The standard petal is nearly twice as long as the sepals, the wings much shorter than the standard, and the keel shorter than the wings. Flowering occurs from September to November.[2][3]