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Swainsona burkei

Swainsona burkei
Photo: Mark Marathon, CC BY-SA 3.0

Swainsona burkei is a prostrate to low perennial subshrub in the pea family, native to northern Australia, growing in grassland and woodland. It is a wildflower of arid and semi-arid country, best grown in full sun and well-drained soil.

Family
Fabaceae (Pea & bean family)
Grows as
Perennial
Light
Full sun
Water
Water sparingly and let the soil dry between waterings; it tolerates dry conditions once established.
Soil
Free-draining, sandy or loamy soil; avoid waterlogging.
Temperature
Tolerates hot conditions typical of its native range; protect from frost.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
Northern Territory to Queensland
Climate
desert or dry shrubland

About

Swainsona burkei is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to northern Australia. It is a prostrate or perennial subshrub with imparipinnate leaves usually with 5 to 11 oblong to narrowly egg-shaped leaflets, and racemes of 5 to 10 purple flowers.

Where it grows

This species of swainsona grows in grassland and woodland in the central parts of the Northern Territory and in western Queensland.

Other Swainsona plants

Swainsona acuticarinata · Swainsona adenophylla · Swainsona affinis · Swainsona beasleyana · Southern Swainson Pea · Slender Swainson Pea · Swainsona bracteata · Woolly Darling Pea · Swainsona cadellii · Swainsona calcicola · Swainsona campestris · Pea Flower

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Swainsona burkei 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.

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