Sphaerolobium validum

{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}}

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|genus = Sphaerolobium

|species = validum

|authority = Butcher{{cite web|title=Sphaerolobium validum|url= https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/apc-format/display/180683|publisher=Australian Plant Census|access-date=17 July 2022}}

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• Sphaerolobium macranthum var. parviflorum Benth.
• Sphaerolobium parviflorum (Benth.) R.Butcher ms.

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Sphaerolobium validum is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to the south of Western Australia. It is an erect shrub that typically grows to a height of up to {{cvt|90|cm}} and has yellow and red flowers in September.{{FloraBase|name=Sphaerolobium validum |id=19335}} It was first formally described in 2001 by Ryonen Butcher in Australian Systematic Botany from specimens collected near Jerramungup in 1999.{{cite web|title=Sphaerolobium validum|url= https://id.biodiversity.org.au/instance/apni/584926 |publisher=APNI|access-date=17 July 2022}} The specific epithet (validum) means "strong" or "stout".{{cite book |last1=Sharr |first1=Francis Aubi |last2=George |first2=Alex |title=Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings |date=2019 |publisher=Four Gables Press |location=Kardinya, WA |isbn=9780958034180 |page=333 |edition=3rd}}

Sphaerolobium validum grows in undulating areas, on flats and on roadsides in the Esperance Plains and Mallee bioregions of southern Western Australia. It is listed as "Priority Three" by the Government of Western Australia Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions, meaning that it is poorly known and known from only a few locations but is not under imminent threat.{{cite web|title=Conservation codes for Western Australian Flora and Fauna|url=https://www.dpaw.wa.gov.au/images/documents/plants-animals/threatened-species/Listings/Conservation%20code%20definitions.pdf|publisher=Government of Western Australia Department of Parks and Wildlife|accessdate=17 July 2022}}