Plants of South Eastern New South Wales
Sphaerolobium vimineum
Common name
Leafless globe-pea
Family
Fabaceae
Where found
Forest, woodland, and heath, often in swampy places. Coast and ranges. Occasional elsewhere.
Notes
Shrub to about 1 m tall. Stems cylindrical, faintly ribbed, hairless. More or less leafless, sometimes with a few narrow clustered or scattered leaves to about 0.8 cm long. Flowers 4-6 mm long, pea shaped, with 5 petals, 2 joined together to form the keel, yellow, sometimes with red markings, in long clusters of 2-3 flowers grouped together. Calyx and the bracteoles below the calyx with dark dots on a green background. Flowers Spring to Summer.
PlantNET description: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Sphaerolobium~vimineum (accessed 18 January, 2021)
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