Downy Swainson-pea

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©Swainsona swainsonioides

Swainsona swainsonioides

Spreading low-growing perennial to 50 cm high covered in downy hairs. Leaves made up of 11-21 leaflets. Clusters of 6-15 purple peaflowers.

Details
Flora Type
Herbs
Other Common Names
Downy Darling Pea
Distinctive Features

Stems densely covered in spreading curved or upwards-facing (antrose) hairs.Two bottom petals are fused to form a keel which is characteristically twisted in an incomplete upwards curved circle.
Biology

Perennial. Heavy red and black soils in grasslands.
Native Status
Native
Flowering Time

Aug-Nov
Taxonomy
Phylum
Tracheophyta (Vascular Plants)
Class
Magnoliopsida (Flowering Plants)
Order
Fabales
Family
Fabaceae
Genus
Swainsona
Species
swainsonioides

Source: Atlas of Living Australia

Rare in most regions and endangered in Vic.

Interesting Facts
Native Status
Native