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Queensland Darling Pea

Swainsona queenslandica

Queensland Darling Pea
Photo: Greg Tasney, CC BY-SA 4.0
Family
Fabaceae (Pea & bean family)
Grows as
Perennial
Native range
Queensland to New South Wales
Climate
desert or dry shrubland

About

Swainsona queenslandica, commonly known as smooth Darling pea, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to eastern Australia. It is a perennial herb with imparipinnate leaves with 19 to 25 egg-shaped leaflets with the narrower end toward the base, and racemes of about 20 white, pinkish to orange red or dark red flowers.

Where it grows

This species of pea grows in a variety of soils in coastal and inland parts of central and south-eastern Queensland and inland areas of north-eastern New South Wales.

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 queenslandica 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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