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Swainsona paucifoliolata

Swainsona paucifoliolata is a low, spreading or scrambling perennial pea from inland northern Western Australia, growing in creeklines, claypans and soakages in desert country. It is a wild native rather than a commonly grown garden plant, so care is inferred from its arid habitat.

Family
Fabaceae (Pea & bean family)
Grows as
Perennial
Light
Full sun
Water
Water sparingly, letting the soil dry out between waterings, as in its natural arid habitat.
Soil
Free-draining sandy or loamy mix; tolerates poor soils.
Temperature
Hot, dry conditions suited; protect from frost.
How easy
Hard
Native range
Western Australia
Climate
desert or dry shrubland

About

Swainsona paucifoliolata is a prostrate, spreading or scrambling perennial herb in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to inland areas in the north of Western Australia. It has 3 to 7 usually narrowly lance-shaped leaflets, and racemes of 3 to 16 purple flowers.

Where it grows

This species of swainsona grows in creeklines, claypans and soakage areas in the Little Sandy Desert, Murchison, Pilbara and Yalgoo bioregions of northern Western Australia.

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 paucifoliolata 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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