Common name: Leafless Globe-pea
Sphaerolobium vimineum Sm. APNI* 
Description: Shrub 20–70 cm high; stems terete, ± leafless, sometimes with a few linear-lanceolate leaves c. 5 mm long.
Flowers usually 2 or 3 clustered together forming long, terminal racemes; pedicels 1–3 mm long; bracteoles 1.5–3 mm long, inserted near base of calyx.
Calyx c. 4 mm long, dark, teeth longer than tube. Corolla 4–6 mm long, yellow, sometimes with reddish markings. Style with a narrow longitudinal membrane below the stigma.
Pod ± globose, 3–5 mm diam., long-stipitate; seeds, ovate, 1.5–2.5 mm long.
Flowering: spring.
Distribution and occurrence: Widespread in heath and forest, often in swampy places.
NSW subdivisions: NC, CC, SC, NT, CT, ST
Other Australian states: Qld Vic. Tas. W.A. S.A.
Text by B. Wiecek & L. Murray
Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 2 (1991)
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