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Smooth Darling pea

Swainsona galegifolia

Also called Darling Pea, Cranky Pea, Swanflower, Wintersweet Pea

Smooth Darling pea
Photo: Moonlight0551 from Australia, CC BY 2.0
Family
Fabaceae (Pea & bean family)
Grows as
Shrub
Native range
E. & SE. Australia
Climate
subtropical

About

Swainsona galegifolia commonly known as smooth Darling pea or Darling pea, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to Australia. It is a small shrub with greyish-green leaves and flowers in white, red, pink, purple, yellow or orange.

Where it grows

Smooth Darling pea is a widespread species growing in several different habitats in New South Wales, Victoria and Queensland.

Other Swainsona plants

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

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Swainsona galegifolia by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

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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