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Swainsona thompsoniana is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to inland northern Western Australia. It is a prostrate annual herb, with imparipinnate leaves with 3 to 6 pairs of narrowly egg-shaped to egg-shaped leaflets with the narrower end towards the base, and racemes of up to 3 mauve and cream-coloured to yellow flowers.
This species of pea grows on open flood plains between Pannawonica, Mount Florence Station, Tom Price and Wittenoom in the inland of northern Western Australia.
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 thompsoniana 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.
