Skeleton pea | |
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In the Australian National Botanic Gardens | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Fabales |
Family: | Fabaceae |
Subfamily: | Faboideae |
Genus: | Swainsona |
Species: | S. laxa
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Binomial name | |
Swainsona laxa | |
Synonyms[1] | |
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Swainsona laxa, the skeleton pea,[2] yellow swainson-pea, yellow Darling pea,[3] or sandhill swainsona,[4] is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to inland Australia. It is an erect, shrublike herb, often appearing leafless, sometimes with 13 to 17 broadly egg-shaped leaflets, and racemes of 15 to 20 usually yellow flowers.