Common name: Slender Darling-pea, Slender Darling Pea
Swainsona murrayana Wawra APNI* Synonyms: Swainsona murrayana subsp. eciliata A.T.Lee APNI*
Swainsona murrayana subsp. eciliata A.T.Lee APNI*
Swainsona murrayana subsp. murrayana Wawra APNI*
Description: Prostrate, ascending to erect perennial to 25 cm high; stems densely pubescent with appressed medifixed hairs.
Leaves mostly 5–10 cm long; leaflets 3–11, linear-lanceolate to elliptic, lateral leaflets 5–30 mm long, 1–2 mm wide, terminal leaflet distinctly longer than laterals, apex narrow-acute, both surfaces sparsely pubescent to ± glabrous; stipules mostly 1–5 mm long, sometimes with broad, lateral teeth.
Racemes 3–9-flowered; flowers c. 10 mm long. Calyx pubescent, base spirally twisted, teeth ± shorter than tube. Corolla pink or purple; keel apex obtuse, twisted. Style tip incurved.
Pod narrow-elliptic, mostly 20–65 mm long, pubescent; style twisted c. 4 mm long; stipe c. 0.5 mm long.
Distribution and occurrence: Often grows with Maireana species on heavy soils, especially in depressions; west from Warialda district.
NSW subdivisions: ?ST, NWS, CWS, SWS, NWP, SWP, NFWP, SFWP
Other Australian states: Qld Vic. S.A.
Threatened species: NSW BCA: Vulnerable; Commonwealth EPBC: Vulnerable
Text by J. Thompson & T. A. James
Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 2 (1991)
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