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Swainsona viridis
Creeping Darling pea (Swainsona viridis) is a low, prostrate perennial pea native to dry sandy or stony creek banks and beds in arid South Australia and western New South Wales. It is a hardy desert wildflower, grown mainly in native and xeriscape gardens, where it needs excellent drainage and little water.
Swainsona viridis, commonly known as creeping Darling pea, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to an area near the border between New South Wales and South Australia. It is a prostrate perennial plant with imparipinnate leaves with 5 to 13 narrowly egg-shaped leaflets with the narrower end towards the base, and racemes of 5 to 10 purple flowers.
Creeping Darling pea grows in sandy or stony areas on the banks or in the beds of creeks from near the Flinders Ranges of South Australia to near Broken Hill in New South Wales.
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 viridis 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.
