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Swainsona phacoides
Also called Lilac Darling Pea
Swainsona phacoides commonly known as dwarf Swainson-pea or lilac Darling pea, is a flowering plant in the family Fabaceae, and is native to all mainland states of Australia and the Northern Territory. It is a prostrate or ascending perennial herb with imparipinnate leaves usually with 5 to 13 elliptic leaflets tapered at both ends, and racemes of usually 7 4 usually pale to dark reddish-purple.
Dwarf Swainson-pea grows in sandy, red loam and rocky soils in all mainland states of Australia and the Northern Territory.
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 phacoides 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.
