Notched Swainson-pea | |
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Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Fabales |
Family: | Fabaceae |
Subfamily: | Faboideae |
Genus: | Swainsona |
Species: | S. monticola
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Binomial name | |
Swainsona monticola |
Swainsona monticola, commonly known as notched Swainson-pea, [2] is a flowering plant in the pea family Fabaceae and grows in New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory. It is an upright or sprawling perennial with fern-like leaves and purple pea flowers.
Swainsona monticola is a low growing, perennial plant and stems with short, slightly flattened hairs. The leaves are 5–10 cm (2.0–3.9 in) long with 11 to 25 narrowly egg-shaped, oblong or elliptic-shaped leaflets 2–15 mm (0.079–0.591 in) long, 3 mm (0.12 in) wide, rounded or notched at the apex and the lower surface with occasional hairs. The 3-15 pea-shaped flowers are borne on upright stems in a raceme, 4–7 mm (0.16–0.28 in) long, corolla purple with two small white spots on the standard petal and the pedicel 5 mm (0.20 in) long. Flowering occurs from October to February and the fruit is oblong-oval shaped, up to 1.5 cm (0.59 in) long, 8–15 mm (0.31–0.59 in) long and more or less smooth. [2] [3] [4]
Swainsona monticola was formally described 1864 by George Bentham from an unpublished description by Allan Cunningham and published in Flora Australiensis. [5] [6]The specific epithet (monticola) is derived from the Latin mons, meaning "mountain" and cola, meaning "dweller", referring to the montane habitat. [7]
Notched Swainson-pea grows at higher altitudes on woodland or rocky slopes in New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory. [2] [3]
Notched Swainson-pea | |
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Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Fabales |
Family: | Fabaceae |
Subfamily: | Faboideae |
Genus: | Swainsona |
Species: | S. monticola
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Binomial name | |
Swainsona monticola |
Swainsona monticola, commonly known as notched Swainson-pea, [2] is a flowering plant in the pea family Fabaceae and grows in New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory. It is an upright or sprawling perennial with fern-like leaves and purple pea flowers.
Swainsona monticola is a low growing, perennial plant and stems with short, slightly flattened hairs. The leaves are 5–10 cm (2.0–3.9 in) long with 11 to 25 narrowly egg-shaped, oblong or elliptic-shaped leaflets 2–15 mm (0.079–0.591 in) long, 3 mm (0.12 in) wide, rounded or notched at the apex and the lower surface with occasional hairs. The 3-15 pea-shaped flowers are borne on upright stems in a raceme, 4–7 mm (0.16–0.28 in) long, corolla purple with two small white spots on the standard petal and the pedicel 5 mm (0.20 in) long. Flowering occurs from October to February and the fruit is oblong-oval shaped, up to 1.5 cm (0.59 in) long, 8–15 mm (0.31–0.59 in) long and more or less smooth. [2] [3] [4]
Swainsona monticola was formally described 1864 by George Bentham from an unpublished description by Allan Cunningham and published in Flora Australiensis. [5] [6]The specific epithet (monticola) is derived from the Latin mons, meaning "mountain" and cola, meaning "dweller", referring to the montane habitat. [7]
Notched Swainson-pea grows at higher altitudes on woodland or rocky slopes in New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory. [2] [3]