Dwarf Swainson-pea | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Fabales |
Family: | Fabaceae |
Subfamily: | Faboideae |
Genus: | Swainsona |
Species: | S. phacoides
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Binomial name | |
Swainsona phacoides Benth.[1]
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Synonyms[1] | |
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Swainsona phacoides commonly known as dwarf Swainson-pea or lilac Darling pea,[2] 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.