Smooth Darling pea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Genus: Swainsona
Species:
S. galegifolia
Binomial name
Swainsona galegifolia
Synonyms[1]
List
    • Colutea coronillaefolia Dum.Cours. orth. var.
    • Colutea coronillifolia (Salisb.) Dum.Cours.
    • Colutea galegifolia Sims orth. var.
    • Colutea galegiifolia (Andrews) Sims
    • Loxidium galegifolium (Andrews) Poir.
    • Swainsona alba F.T.Hubb.
    • Swainsona albiflora G.Don
    • Swainsona albiflora (Lindl.) G.Don nom. illeg.
    • Swainsona atrococcinea Carrière
    • Swainsona coronillaefolia Salisb. orth. var.
    • Swainsona coronillaefolia var. albo-violacea Regel orth. var.
    • Swainsona coronillaefolia var. purpurea Regel orth. var.
    • Swainsona coronillifolia Salisb.
    • Swainsona coronillifolia var. albiflora (Lindl.) Maiden & Betche
    • Swainsona coronillifolia var. alboviolacea Regel
    • Swainsona coronillifolia Salisb. var. coronillifolia
    • Swainsona coronillifolia var. galegifolia (Andrews) Maiden & Betche
    • Swainsona coronillifolia var. purpurea Regel
    • Swainsona ferrandi Carrière orth. var.
    • Swainsona ferrandii F.T.Hubb. orth. var.
    • Swainsona ferrandii var. alba F.T.Hubb. orth. var.
    • Swainsona ferrandii var. carminea F.T.Hubb. nom. inval.
    • Swainsona galegifolia f. albiflora Domin
    • Swainsona galegifolia f. coronillifolia (F.M.Bailey) Domin
    • Swainsona galegifolia (Andrews) R.Br. f. galegifolia
    • Swainsona galegifolia var. alba Hend. & Andr.Hend.
    • Swainsona galegifolia var. alba Guilf. nom. inval., nom. nud.
    • Swainsona galegifolia var. albiflora Lindl.
    • Swainsona galegifolia var. albiflora F.M.Bailey nom. illeg.
    • Swainsona galegifolia var. coccinea Lindl. nom. inval.
    • Swainsona galegifolia var. cooperi Guilf. nom. inval., nom. nud.
    • Swainsona galegifolia var. coronillaefolia F.M.Bailey orth. var.
    • Swainsona galegifolia var. coronillifolia F.M.Bailey
    • Swainsona galegifolia var. coronillifolia (Salisb.) C.Moore nom. illeg.
    • Swainsona galegifolia (Andrews) R.Br. var. galegifolia
    • Swainsona galegifolia var. microphylla Guilf.
    • Swainsona galegifolia var. osborni Guilf. nom. inval.
    • Swainsona galegifolia var. pallida Guilf.
    • Swainsona galegifolia var. robusta Guilf.
    • Swainsona galegifolia var. robusta-rosea Guilf.
    • Swainsona galegifolia var. rosea L.H.Bailey nom. inval., nom. nud.
    • Swainsona galegifolia var. rosea Guilf. nom. inval., nom. nud.
    • Swainsona galegifolia var. rosea F.T.Hubb. nom. inval., nom. nud.
    • Swainsona galegifolia var. violacea L.H.Bailey
    • Swainsona magnifica Dombrain
    • Swainsona osborni Hend. & Andr.Hend. orth. var.
    • Swainsona osborni var. atropurpurea Hend. & Andr.Hend. orth. var.
    • Swainsona osbornii T.Moore
    • Swainsona osbornii var. atropurpurea Hend. & Andr.Hend.
    • Swainsona osbornii T.Moore var. osbornii
    • Swainsonia coronillifolia F.Muell. orth. var.
    • Swainsonia ferraudi Anon. nom. inval.
    • Swainsonia ferraudi f. alba Carrière nom. inval.
    • Swainsonia galegifolia F.Muell. orth. var.
    • Vicia galegifolia Andrews

Swainsona galegifolia commonly known as smooth Darling pea,[2] is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to Australia. It is a small shrub with greyish-green leaves and flowers in white, red, pink, purple, yellow or orange.

Description

Swainsona galegifolia is an upright, perennial subshrub to about 1 m (3 ft 3 in) high with smooth stems. The grey-green leaves are arranged opposite in pairs of 11-29 leaflets on a petiole, each leaflet is narrowly egg-shaped, 6–20 mm (0.24–0.79 in) long, 2–5 mm (0.079–0.197 in) wide, smooth, apex rounded, notched or occasionally with a small point.The pea-like flowers are borne in racemes of 15-20 white, pink, purple, yellow or orange flowers 12–15 mm (0.47–0.59 in) long. The calyx is smooth, shorter than the floral tube. The standard petal is almost orb-shaped, clawed, up to 15 mm (0.59 in) long, 15–20 mm (0.59–0.79 in) wide, keel 10–15 mm (0.39–0.59 in) long, apex rounded and slightly lipped. Flowering occurs in November and December, the fruit is an elliptic-shaped swollen pod, usually 2–40 mm (0.079–1.575 in) long, 8–12 mm (0.31–0.47 in) wide, smooth and the stipe often more than 10 mm (0.39 in) long.[2][3][4]

Taxonomy and naming

The species was first formally described in 1803 by Henry Cranke Andrews as Vicia galegifolia.[5] In 1812 Robert Brown changed the name to Swainsona galegifolia and the change was published in Hortus Kewensis.[6][7] The specific epithet (galegifolia) refers to the similarity to the northern hemisphere plant galega.[3]

Distribution and habitat

Smooth Darling pea is a widespread species growing in several different habitats in New South Wales, Victoria and Queensland.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 "Swainsona galegifolia". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
  2. 1 2 3 Thompson, J; James, T.A. "Swainsona galegifolia". PlantNET-NSW flora online. Royal Botanic Garden Sydney. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
  3. 1 2 "Swainsona galegifolia". Growing Native Plants. Australian National Botanic Garden. Retrieved 15 March 2022.
  4. ↑ "Swainsona galegifolia". VICFLORA-Flora of Victoria. Royal Botanic Garden Victoria. Retrieved 18 March 2022.
  5. ↑ "Vicia galegifolia". Australian Plant Name Index. Retrieved 18 March 2022.
  6. ↑ "Swainsona galegifolia". Australian Plant Name Index. Retrieved 18 March 2022.
  7. ↑ Brown, Robert (1812). Hortus Kewensis (2 ed.). London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown. p. 327. Retrieved 18 March 2022.
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