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Notched Swainson Pea

Swainsona monticola

Notched Swainson Pea
Photo: Harry Rose from South West Rocks, Australia, CC BY 2.0
Family
Fabaceae (Pea & bean family)
Grows as
Fern, Perennial
Native range
New South Wales
Climate
subtropical

About

Swainsona monticola, commonly known as notched Swainson-pea, is a flowering plant in the pea family Fabaceae and grows in New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory. It is an upright or sprawling perennial with fern-like leaves and purple pea flowers.

Where it grows

Notched Swainson-pea grows at higher altitudes on woodland or rocky slopes in New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory.

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 monticola 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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