Chorizema ulotropis is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to the southwest of Western Australia. It is a sprawling, open, more or less prostrate shrub that typically grows to a height of high. It has orange-yellow flowers from July to September.
It was first formally described in 1992 by Joan Taylor and Michael Crisp in the journal Australian Systematic Botany, from specimens collected near Jerramungup.[1]
Chorizema ulotropis grows in sand with gravel or laterite on granite outcrops and flats in the Esperance Plains, Jarrah Forest and Mallee bioregions of south-western Western Australia. The specific epithet (ulotropis) means "a curled keel", referring to the woolly tips on the keeled petals.[2]
Chorizema ulotropis is classified as "Priority Four" by the Government of Western Australia Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions, meaning that it is rare or near threatened.[3]