Borya sphaerocephala is a perennial herbaceous plant found in southwest Australia. A common name for the species is pincushions. The height is 20–200 millimetres, White flowers appear between August and October. The species is associated with the region's granite outcrops, occurring in depressions and seasonally wet areas, growing in crevices and at the edge of moss mats. As a resurrection plant it is able to withstand seasonal dehydration of its environ. The species was first described by Robert Brown, published in his 1810 work on Australian plants.Brown, R. (1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805: 286 [tax. nov.] A combination Baumgartenia sphaerocephala, currently regarded as synonym,Churchill, D.M. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1987), Borya. Flora of Australia 45: 278 was published by Kurt Sprengel several years after Brown.Sprengel, C.P.J. (1817), Anleitung zur Kenntniss der Gewachse Edn. 2, 2(1): 228 [comb. nov.]
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