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Taxon:  Swainsona procumbens (F. Muell.) F. Muell.



Summary
Genus:
Swainsona
Family:
Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Faboideae
Tribe:
Galegeae
Subtribe:
Astragalinae
Nomen number:
35934
Place of publication:
Fragm. 1:76. 1859
Comment:
date of publication verified from original literature
Verified:
06/17/1998 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
3 (3  active, 0  available) in Australian Pastures Genebank.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Cyclogyne procumbens F. Muell.

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Reference(s)
  1. Australian Systematic Botany Society. Flora of central Australia. 1981
  2. 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.
  3. Green, J. W. Census of the vascular plants of Western Australia. 1985
  4. Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
  5. Jessop, J. P. & H. R. Toelken, eds. Flora of South Australia, ed. 4. 1986
  6. Lazarides, M. & B. Hince. CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia. 1993
  7. Lee, A. 1948. The genus Swainsona. Contr. New South Wales Natl. Herb. 1:226.
  8. Thompson, J. 1993. A revision of the genus Swainsona (Fabaceae). Telopea 5:542.
  9. Willis, J. H. A handbook to plants in Victoria. 1970-1972
Common names
English
Broughton-pea –
pretty swainsona –
swamp-pea –
Tatiara-pea –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaNew South Wales 
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaQueensland 
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaSouth Australia 
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaVictoria 
Native
Australasia
  • AUSTRALIA: Australia [New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria]
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Vertebrate poisonsmammals 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=35934. Accessed 20 July 2025.


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