Family: Fabaceae
Swainsona microphylla ssp. minima
Citation:
A. Lee, Contr. N.S.W. natn. Herb. 1, 4:259 (1948).
Synonymy: S. microphylla A. Gray var. minima J. Black, Fl. S. Aust. 472 (1948), nom. nud.
Common name: (Small-leaved)poison-pea.
Description:
Stems first decumbent then many ascending; pubescence sparse to rather dense, of short appressed hairs attached laterally, often glabrescent on the older stems; leaves 3-10 cm long, with numerous (over 30) very small obcordate leaflets, 1.5-4 x 1-3 mm, densely pubescent with closely appressed fine hairs on both sides.
Flowers 6-8 mm long, blue to purple, on 10-25 cm long peduncles, usually on the distal half of the rhachis; style tip truncate or very slightly incurved behind the capitate stigma which is surrounded by a ring of short hairs.
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Image source: fig. 336B in J.P. Jessop and H.R. Toelken Ed. 1986. Flora of South Australia (4th edn).
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Distribution:
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Always near the Murray River.
Vic.
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Flowering time: Sept. — Nov., sometimes in summer.
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Biology:
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