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Swainsona oroboides Benth.
Variable Swainsona

Reference
Fl.Austral. 2:222 (1864)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Prostrate or ascending perennial, herb, to 0.15 m high. Fl. purple/red-brown, Jun to Sep. Red loam or sand, occasionally in clay. Floodplains, creek beds, halophytic flats.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 20 September 1999

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Central Ranges, Coolgardie, Gascoyne, Gibson Desert, Great Victoria Desert, Murchison, Nullarbor, Pilbara, Yalgoo.
IBRA Subregions
Augustus, Carnegie, Eastern Goldfield, Eastern Murchison, Hamersley, Lateritic Plain, Mann-Musgrave Block, Shield, Tallering, Western Murchison.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
East Pilbara, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Laverton, Leonora, Meekatharra, Ngaanyatjarraku, Sandstone, Wiluna, Yalgoo.