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Swainsona formosa (G.Don) Joy Thomps.

Reference
Telopea 4: 4 (1990)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Prostrate annual or perennial (short-lived), herb, 0.05-0.2 m high, to 3 m wide. Fl. red, Jun to Oct. Red sandy or loamy soils. Creeklines, undulating stony hills.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 5 August 1996
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Distribution

IBRA Regions
Carnarvon, Central Ranges, Coolgardie, Gascoyne, Great Sandy Desert, Great Victoria Desert, Little Sandy Desert, Murchison, Nullarbor, Pilbara.
IBRA Subregions
Ashburton, Augustus, Cape Range, Carlisle, Carnegie, Chichester, Eastern Goldfield, Eastern Murchison, Fortescue, Hamersley, Mackay, Mann-Musgrave Block, Nullarbor Plain, Roebourne, Shield, Trainor, Western Murchison, Wooramel.
IMCRA Regions
Pilbara (nearshore).
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Ashburton, Carnarvon, Cue, Dundas, East Pilbara, Exmouth, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Karratha, Leonora, Meekatharra, Menzies, Murchison, Ngaanyatjarraku, Port Hedland, Upper Gascoyne, Wiluna.