Swainsona galegifolia

(Andrews) R.Br. ex W.T.Aiton Smooth Darling-pea
Hortus Kew. 4: 327 (1812)
Taxonomic status Accepted
Occurrence status Present
Origin Native
Degree of establishment Native
Threat status
FFG: Critically Endangered (CR)

Erect perennial shrub to c. 1 m tall; stems glabrous. Leaves mostly 5–10 cm long; leaflets 11–29, narrow-obovate to elliptic, lateral leaflets 8–20 mm long, 3–10 mm wide, apices obtuse to emarginate, both surfaces glabrous; stipules 2–5 mm long. Racemes mostly 15–20-flowered; flowers 12–15 mm long; calyx glabrous, teeth usually much shorter than tube; petals dark red or organge; standard to 15 mm long, 15–20 mm wide, suborbicular, clawed; keel 10–15 mm long, apex obtuse, obscurely lipped; style tip straight or incurved, sometimes with a few-haired tuft. Pod ellipsoid, mostly 20–40 mm long, 8–12 mm wide, inflated, glabrous, stipe to 10 mm or more long; seeds to c. 20, cordate, 2–3 mm long, brown. Flowers Nov.–Dec.

Wim, Gold, NIS. Also Qld, NSW. Extremely rare species currently known from only 2 sites in the Wodonga area where it grows in open-forest.

Source:

Jeanes, J.A. (1996). Fabaceae. In: Walsh, N.G.; Entwisle, T.J., ‍Flora of Victoria Vol. 3, Dicotyledons Winteraceae to Myrtaceae‍, pp. 663–829. Inkata Press, Melbourne.

Updated by: Val Stajsic, 15 Nov. 2019
Swainsona galegifolia (hero image) Spinning
Swainsona galegifolia (distribution map) Spinning