Hardenbergia violacea

Prostrate or twining subshrub; stems to 2 m long or more. Leaves ovate to narrow-lanceolate, 2–10 cm long, 0.5–6 cm wide, coriaceous, dark green above, paler below, reticulate-veined, glabrous; petiole c. 10 mm long; stipules to c. 5 mm long; stipellae to c. 3 mm long. Racemes mostly 20–40-flowered, sometimes branched; pedicels to c. 10 mm long; calyx 3–4 mm long, glabrous; corolla c. 8 mm long, mostly purple, rarely white; standard notched, reflexed, with a yellow or greenish central spot; wings obovate; keel curved in a semicircle. Pod linear-oblong, 20–45 mm long, 6–10 mm wide, compressed, glabrous, sessile; seeds 6–8, reniform, 4–5 mm long, brown, smooth; aril fleshy. Flowers mostly Aug.–Nov.