Swainsona galegifolia (Andrews) R.Br.

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Swainsona

Characteristics

A herb. It grows 1 m tall. The leaves are 5-10 cm long. There are 21-20 leaflets and these are narrowly oval. The lower ones are 8-15 mm long by 3-5 mm wide. There are 15-20 flowers in a group. The flowers are 12-15 mm long. The pod is narrowly oval and 2-4 cm long.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 1.0
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Nitrogen fixer rhizobia
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

It is a subtropical to warm temperate plant.
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

Usage

Uses animal food environmental use forage poison vertebrate poison
Edible seeds
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Cultivation

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Images

Swainsona galegifolia unspecified picture

Distribution

Swainsona galegifolia world distribution map, present in Australia and Sri Lanka

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:519771-1
WFO ID wfo-0000185545
COL ID 53J6J
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Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Swainsona coronillaefolia Swainsona coronillifolia Swainsona albiflora Vicia galegifolia Colutea galegiifolia Swainsona osbornii Loxidium galegifolium Swainsona magnifica Swainsona galegifolia Swainsona coronillifolia var. albiflora Swainsona coronillifolia var. galegifolia Swainsona galegifolia var. albiflora Swainsona coronillifolia var. alboviolacea Swainsona coronillifolia var. purpurea