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Swainsona
Swainsona is a large genus of flowering plants native to Australasia. There are 85 species, all but one of which is endemic to Australia; the exception, S. novae-zelandiae, occurs only in New Zealand.
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Sturt's Desert Pea
speciesSwainsona formosa

coast Swainson-pea
speciesSwainsona lessertiifolia

Smooth Darling Pea
speciesSwainsona galegifolia

Broughton Pea
speciesSwainsona procumbens

Small-leaf Swainson-pea
speciesSwainsona microphylla

Orange Darling Pea
speciesSwainsona stipularis

Silky Swainson-pea
speciesSwainsona sericea

lilac darling pea
speciesSwainsona phacoides

Queensland darling pea
speciesSwainsona queenslandica

Hoary Darling Pea
speciesSwainsona flavicarinata

Swainsona campylantha
speciesSwainsona campylantha

Southern Swainson-pea
speciesSwainsona behriana

Murray Swainson-pea
speciesSwainsona murrayana

Downy Darling Pea
speciesSwainsona swainsonioides

Hairy Darling Pea
speciesSwainsona greyana

Dampier Pea
speciesSwainsona pterostylis

Mountain Swainson-pea
speciesSwainsona recta

Slender Swainson-pea
speciesSwainsona brachycarpa

Broken Hill Pea
speciesSwainsona fissimontana

Swainsona burkei
speciesSwainsona burkei

Grey Swainsona
speciesSwainsona canescens

Swainsona affinis
speciesSwainsona affinis

Swainsona tephrotricha
speciesSwainsona tephrotricha

Ashburton Pea
speciesSwainsona maccullochiana

Variable Swainsona
speciesSwainsona oroboides

Red Darling-pea
speciesSwainsona plagiotropis

Notched Swainson-pea
speciesSwainsona monticola

Purple Swainson-pea
speciesSwainsona purpurea

Skeleton Pea
speciesSwainsona laxa

Swainsona burkittii
speciesSwainsona burkittii
Swainsona reticulata
speciesSwainsona reticulata

Swainsona oligophylla
speciesSwainsona oligophylla

Swainsona villosa
speciesSwainsona villosa

Swainsona kingii
speciesSwainsona kingii

Swainsona stenodonta
speciesSwainsona stenodonta

Swainsona beasleyana
speciesSwainsona beasleyana

dwarf darling pea
speciesSwainsona luteola

Swainsona elegans
speciesSwainsona elegans

Swainsona tenuis
speciesSwainsona tenuis

Swainsona decurrens
speciesSwainsona decurrens

Swainsona cyclocarpa
speciesSwainsona cyclocarpa

Swainsona pyrophila
speciesSwainsona pyrophila

Swainsona elegantoides
speciesSwainsona elegantoides

Swainsona gracilis
speciesSwainsona gracilis

Swainsona colutoides
speciesSwainsona colutoides

Swainsona tanamiensis
speciesSwainsona tanamiensis

Swainsona acuticarinata
speciesSwainsona acuticarinata

Swainsona campestris
speciesSwainsona campestris

Swainsona incei
speciesSwainsona incei

Swainsona fraseri
speciesSwainsona fraseri

Swainsona complanata
speciesSwainsona complanata

Swainsona oliveri
speciesSwainsona oliveri
Swainsona extrajacens
speciesSwainsona extrajacens

Swainsona unifoliolata
speciesSwainsona unifoliolata

Swainsona forrestii
speciesSwainsona forrestii

Swainsona ecallosa
speciesSwainsona ecallosa
Swainsona adenophylla
speciesSwainsona adenophylla
Swainsona cadellii
speciesSwainsona cadellii

Swainsona microcalyx
speciesSwainsona microcalyx
Swainsona minutiflora
speciesSwainsona minutiflora
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 85368.