Sphaerolobium gracile is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a low, straggling or prostrate shrub that typically grows to a height of up to and has a few short, linear leaves and yellow or orange flowers from September to January.[1]
It was first formally described in 1864 by George Bentham in Flora Australiensis from specimens collected north of the Murchison River by Augustus Oldfield.[2] The specific epithet (gracile) means "thin" or "slender".[3]
Sphaerolobium gracile grows in sand in the Avon Wheatbelt, Geraldton Sandplains and Swan Coastal Plain bioregions of south-western Western Australia and is listed as "not threatened" by the Government of Western Australia Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.