Swainsona greyana Lindl. GRIN-Global

Taxon: Swainsona greyana Lindl.

Summary

Genus:

Swainsona

Family:

Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)

Subfamily:

Faboideae

Tribe:

Galegeae

Subtribe:

Astragalinae

Nomen number:

35932

Place of publication:

Edwards's Bot. Reg. 32: t. 66. 1846

Verified:

06/17/1998 ARS Systematic Botanists.

Accessions:

7 (7 active, 4 available) in Australian Pastures Genebank. (Map it)

Other conspecific taxa

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

Homotypic Synonym(s)

Swainsona greyana Lindl. var. greyana

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Reference(s)

Bailey, F. M. 1900. The Queensland flora. 1899-1905 401.
Beadle, N. C. W. 1964. Nitrogen economy in arid and semi-arid plant communities. Part III. The symbiotic nitrogen-fixing organisms. Proc. Linn. Soc. New South Wales 89(2):273-286.
Bentham, G. Flora australiensis. 1863-1878
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
Lazarides, M. & B. Hince. CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia. 1993
Lee, A. 1948. The genus Swainsona. Contr. New South Wales Natl. Herb. 1:155.
Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. Hortus third. 1976
Thompson, J. 1993. A revision of the genus Swainsona (Fabaceae). Telopea 5:457.
Willis, J. H. A handbook to plants in Victoria. 1970-1972

Common names

English
Darling-pea –
hairy Darling-pea –

Distribution

order_code	Status	Continent	Subcontinent	Country	State
1	Native	Australasia	Australia	Australia	New South Wales
1	Native	Australasia	Australia	Australia	Queensland
1	Native	Australasia	Australia	Australia	South Australia
1	Native	Australasia	Australia	Australia	Victoria

Native
Australasia

AUSTRALIA: Australia [New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria]

Economic Uses

Usage	Type	Note	Reference
Vertebrate poisons	mammals		Lazarides, M. & B. Hince. CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia. 1993

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=35932. Accessed 19 July 2025.