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Swainsona adenophylla, the violet swainson-pea, is a slender perennial herb from arid central Australia, growing to about 30 cm with pink or purplish pea flowers. It is a native wildflower rather than a common garden plant, and it is best suited to dry, free-draining sites in warm, sunny conditions.
Swainsona adenophylla, commonly known as violet swainson-pea or violet Darling pea, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to arid areas of central Australia. It is a slender, erect or spreading perennial herb with imparipinnate leaves with three to nine linear to narrowly egg-shaped leaflets, and racemes of pink or purplish flowers in racemes of ten to twenty.
Violet swainson-pea grows on sandy or stony flats, especially near the edge of lakes, and is widespread in central South Australia. It is also known from single collections in Kinchega National Park in New South Wales, and from Barmah State Forest in Victoria.
Swainsona acuticarinata · Swainsona affinis · Swainsona beasleyana · Southern Swainson Pea · Slender Swainson Pea · Swainsona bracteata · Swainsona burkei · Woolly Darling Pea · Swainsona cadellii · Swainsona calcicola · Swainsona campestris · Pea Flower
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Swainsona adenophylla by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
