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Swainsona cadellii is a small shrubby perennial legume from inland New South Wales, grown for its racemes of white, pink or purple pea-like flowers. It needs well-drained, sandy soil and full sun in a dry, warm climate.
Swainsona cadellii is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to inland New South Wales. It is a shrubby perennial with imparipinnate leaves usually with 5 to 15 mostly narrowly egg-shaped leaflets, and racemes of 15 to 20 white, pink or purple flowers.
This species of swainsona grows in red sandy loam soils in woodland and grassland in the Warrumbungle Ranges and in other places on the North West Slopes of New South Wales.
Swainsona acuticarinata · Swainsona adenophylla · Swainsona affinis · Swainsona beasleyana · Southern Swainson Pea · Slender Swainson Pea · Swainsona bracteata · Swainsona burkei · Woolly Darling Pea · Swainsona calcicola · Swainsona campestris · Pea Flower
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Swainsona cadellii 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.
