Swainsona greyana (Darling Pea)


Swainsona greyana, commonly known as the Darling pea or hairy-Darling pea, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to south-eastern continental Australia. It is an erect perennial subshrub with imparipinnate leaves with 17 to 21 egg-shaped leaflets, and racemes of 12 to 20 or more white, pink or purple flowers.

Darling pea occurs on the banks of the lower Murray and Darling Rivers in South Australia, Victoria and New South Wales. It mainly grows in heavy soils on floodplains in the south-east of South Australia, on the slopes and plains of New South Wales, and is rare in Victoria.


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