Swainsona canescens (Benth.) F. Muell. GRIN-Global

Taxon: Swainsona canescens (Benth.) F. Muell.

Summary

Genus:

Swainsona

Family:

Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)

Subfamily:

Faboideae

Tribe:

Galegeae

Subtribe:

Astragalinae

Nomen number:

35929

Place of publication:

Fragm. 3:46. 1862

Comment:

date of publication verified from original literature

Verified:

06/17/1998 ARS Systematic Botanists.

Accessions:

13 (13 active, 10 available) in Australian Pastures Genebank. (Map it)

Other conspecific taxa

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Basionym

Cyclogyne canescens Benth.

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Reference(s)

Allen, O. N. & E. K. Allen. The Leguminosae. A source book of characteristics, uses, and nodulation. 1981
Australian Systematic Botany Society. Flora of central Australia. 1981
Bentham, G. Flora australiensis. 1863-1878
Green, J. W. Census of the vascular plants of Western Australia. 1985
Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
Jessop, J. P. & H. R. Toelken, eds. Flora of South Australia, ed. 4. 1986
Lee, A. 1948. The genus Swainsona. Contr. New South Wales Natl. Herb. 1:240.
Thompson, J. 1993. A revision of the genus Swainsona (Fabaceae). Telopea 5:535.

Common names

English
grey swainsona –

Distribution

order_code	Status	Continent	Subcontinent	Country	State
1	Native	Australasia	Australia	Australia	Northern Territory
1	Native	Australasia	Australia	Australia	South Australia
1	Native	Australasia	Australia	Australia	Western Australia

Native
Australasia

AUSTRALIA: Australia [South Australia, Western Australia, Northern Territory]

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://apg.pir.sa.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=35929. Accessed 19 July 2025.