Sturt's desert pea | |
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Sturt's desert pea, at Melbourne Zoo | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Fabales |
Family: | Fabaceae |
Subfamily: | Faboideae |
Genus: | Swainsona |
Species: | S. formosa
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Binomial name | |
Swainsona formosa | |
Synonyms | |
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Swainsona formosa, commonly known as Sturt's desert pea or Sturt pea,[3] is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is native to all continental states and the Northern Territory of Australia, with the exception of Victoria. It is a prostrate annual or short lived perennial herb with imparipinnate leaves with about 15 elliptic to egg-shaped leaflets with the narrower end towards the base, and racemes of usually red flowers in racemes of 2 to 6.