Swainsona galegifolia

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Family Fabaceae

Taxonomy: Swainsona galegifolia (Andrews) R.Br.

Synonyms: 55 (APC 2026-07-30)

Colutea coronillaefolia Dum.Cours. (taxonomic synonym)
Colutea coronillifolia (Salisb.) Dum.Cours. (taxonomic synonym)
Colutea galegifolia Sims (nomenclatural synonym)
Colutea galegiifolia (Andrews) Sims (nomenclatural synonym)
Loxidium galegifolium (Andrews) Poir. (nomenclatural synonym)
Swainsona alba F.T.Hubb. (taxonomic synonym)
Swainsona albiflora (Lindl.) G.Don (taxonomic synonym)
Swainsona albiflora G.Don (taxonomic synonym)
Swainsona atrococcinea Carrière (taxonomic synonym)
Swainsona coronillaefolia Salisb. (taxonomic synonym)
Swainsona coronillaefolia var. albo-violacea Regel (taxonomic synonym)
Swainsona coronillaefolia var. purpurea Regel (taxonomic synonym)
Swainsona coronillifolia Salisb. (taxonomic synonym)
Swainsona coronillifolia Salisb. var. coronillifolia (taxonomic synonym)
Swainsona coronillifolia var. albiflora (Lindl.) Maiden & Betche (taxonomic synonym)
Swainsona coronillifolia var. alboviolacea Regel (taxonomic synonym)
Swainsona coronillifolia var. galegifolia (Andrews) Maiden & Betche (nomenclatural synonym)
Swainsona coronillifolia var. purpurea Regel (taxonomic synonym)
Swainsona ferrandi Carrière (taxonomic synonym)
Swainsona ferrandii F.T.Hubb. (taxonomic synonym)
Swainsona ferrandii var. alba F.T.Hubb. (taxonomic synonym)
Swainsona ferrandii var. carminea F.T.Hubb. (taxonomic synonym)
Swainsona galegifolia (Andrews) R.Br. f. galegifolia (nomenclatural synonym)
Swainsona galegifolia (Andrews) R.Br. var. galegifolia (nomenclatural synonym)
Swainsona galegifolia f. albiflora Domin (taxonomic synonym)
Swainsona galegifolia f. coronillifolia (F.M.Bailey) Domin (taxonomic synonym)
Swainsona galegifolia var. alba Guilf. (taxonomic synonym)
Swainsona galegifolia var. alba Hend. & Andr.Hend. (taxonomic synonym)
Swainsona galegifolia var. albiflora F.M.Bailey (taxonomic synonym)
Swainsona galegifolia var. albiflora Lindl. (taxonomic synonym)
Swainsona galegifolia var. coccinea Lindl. (taxonomic synonym)
Swainsona galegifolia var. cooperi Guilf. (taxonomic synonym)
Swainsona galegifolia var. coronillaefolia F.M.Bailey (taxonomic synonym)
Swainsona galegifolia var. coronillifolia (Salisb.) C.Moore (taxonomic synonym)
Swainsona galegifolia var. coronillifolia F.M.Bailey (taxonomic synonym)
Swainsona galegifolia var. microphylla Guilf. (taxonomic synonym)
Swainsona galegifolia var. osborni Guilf. (taxonomic synonym)
Swainsona galegifolia var. pallida Guilf. (taxonomic synonym)
Swainsona galegifolia var. robusta Guilf. (taxonomic synonym)
Swainsona galegifolia var. robusta-rosea Guilf. (taxonomic synonym)
Swainsona galegifolia var. rosea F.T.Hubb. (taxonomic synonym)
Swainsona galegifolia var. rosea Guilf. (taxonomic synonym)
Swainsona galegifolia var. rosea L.H.Bailey (taxonomic synonym)
Swainsona galegifolia var. violacea L.H.Bailey (taxonomic synonym)
Swainsona magnifica Dombrain (taxonomic synonym)
Swainsona osborni Hend. & Andr.Hend. (taxonomic synonym)
Swainsona osborni var. atropurpurea Hend. & Andr.Hend. (taxonomic synonym)
Swainsona osbornii T.Moore (taxonomic synonym)
Swainsona osbornii T.Moore var. osbornii (taxonomic synonym)
Swainsona osbornii var. atropurpurea Hend. & Andr.Hend. (taxonomic synonym)
Swainsonia coronillifolia F.Muell. (taxonomic synonym)
Swainsonia ferraudi Anon. (taxonomic synonym)
Swainsonia ferraudi f. alba Carrière (taxonomic synonym)
Swainsonia galegifolia F.Muell. (orthographic variant)
Vicia galegifolia Andrews (nomenclatural synonym)

Distribution (APC): Qld, NSW, Vic

Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NSW Flora, Vic Flora, ATRP

Traits

Top source datasets: ANBG_2019 (6), Collette_2021 (1), Draper_2023 (3), Kew_2019_1 (3), McGlone_2015 (6), NHNSW_2014_2 (4), NHNSW_2022 (3), NHNSW_2023 (12), NSWFRD_2014 (7), RBGV_2022 (4), RBGV_2023 (20), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (40), Wright_2000 (5). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 52 traits from 121 records in 16 datasets.

Traits by category (click to expand). For categorical traits, the values are listed. For numerical traits, the mean and range are shown.

fire response

resprouting_capacity (categorical): fire_killed (1); resprouts (2) [sources: NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]

flower morphology

flower_colour (categorical): blue_purple (1); pink (1); white_cream (1); yellow_orange (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]

fruit morphology

fruit_length (numerical): 30 mm (20-40 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
fruit_width (numerical): 10 mm (8-12 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
fruit_type (categorical): legume (3) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (2) [sources: RBGV_2023; Sjostrom_2006]

leaf morphology

leaf_length (numerical): 35.92 mm (8-100 mm) [sources: McGlone_2015; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf_width (numerical): 6.83 mm (3-10 mm) [sources: McGlone_2015; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (2); narrowly_obovate (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): compound (3) [sources: McGlone_2015; NHNSW_2014_2; RBGV_2023]
leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (2) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; RBGV_2023]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]

life history

photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (2) [sources: White_2020]
plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (2); shrub (5) [sources: McGlone_2015; NHNSW_2022; NSWFRD_2014; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022; White_2020]
life_history (categorical): perennial (3) [sources: NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2023]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (1); semi_woody (1); woody (2) [sources: NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022]
stem_growth_habit (categorical): erect (1) [sources: RBGV_2022]
nitrogen_fixing (categorical): nitrogen_fixer (2) [sources: White_2020]
parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (2) [sources: White_2020]
pollination_syndrome (categorical): insect (3) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
dispersal_syndrome (categorical): anemochory (2); barochory (1); zoochory (1) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
dispersers (categorical): abiotic (1); animals (1); passive (1); wind (2) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnnnnyy (2) [sources: White_2020]
seedbank_location (categorical): soil_seedbank (1) [sources: NSWFRD_2014]
seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): persistent (3) [sources: NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]
seed_dormancy_class (categorical): physical_dormancy (1) [sources: Collette_2021]
vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): vegetative (2) [sources: White_2020]

seed morphology

seed_dry_mass (numerical): 6.84 mg (5.43-10.06 mg) [sources: ANBG_2019; Kew_2019_1]
seed_length (numerical): 2.71 mm (2-3 mm) [sources: ANBG_2019; RBGV_2023]
seed_width (numerical): 2.99 mm (2.99-2.99 mm) [sources: ANBG_2019]
seed_shape (categorical): reniform (2) [sources: ANBG_2019; RBGV_2023]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 1 m (1-1 m) [sources: McGlone_2015; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
plant_physical_defence_structures (categorical): absent (2) [sources: White_2020]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
White_2020	20	40	M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
RBGV_2023	13	20	VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
NHNSW_2023	7	12	N. H. of New South Wales. The Plant Information Network System of The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust Version 2.0.. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
NSWFRD_2014	6	7	B. Kenny, C. Orscheg, E. Tasker, M. A. Gill, and R. Bradstock. NSW Flora Fire Response Database, v2.1. database. NSW Department of Planning Industry and Environment, 2014.
ANBG_2019	5	6	Australian National Botanic Gardens. The National Seed Bank. 2018. url: http://www.anbg.gov.au/gardens/living/seedbank/.
McGlone_2015	6	6	M. S. McGlone, S. J. Richardson, G. J. Jordan, and G. L. Perry. “Is there a `suboptimal' woody species height? A response to Scheffer et al.”. Trends in Ecology & Evolution 30.1 (2015), pp. 4-5. doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2014.09.007.
Wright_2000	5	5	I. J. Wright, H. T. Clifford, R. Kidson, M. L. Reed, B. L. Rice, and M. Westoby. “A survey of seed and seedling characters in 1744 Australian dicotyledon species: Cross-species trait correlations and correlated trait-shifts within evolutionary lineages”. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 69 (2000), pp. 521-547. doi: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2000.tb01222.x.
NHNSW_2014_2	4	4	Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
RBGV_2022	4	4	VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
Sjostrom_2006	4	4	A. Sjöström and C. L. Gross. “Life-history characters and phylogeny are correlated with extinction risk in the Australian angiosperms”. Journal of Biogeography 33.2 (2006), pp. 271-290. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2005.01393.x.
Draper_2023	3	3	J. T. Draper, S. Delean, J. G. Conran, P. Weinstein, and B. S. Simpson. “Life-history characteristics and climate correlates of dioecious plant species in central southern Australia”. Australian Journal of Botany unknown.unknown (2023), p. unknown. doi: 10.1071/BT22110.
Kew_2019_1	1	3	Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
NHNSW_2022	3	3	N. H. of New South Wales. The Plant Information Network System of The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust Version 2.0.. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
Wenk_2022	2	2	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Collette_2021	1	1	J. C. Collette and M. K. J. Ooi. “Distribution of seed dormancy classes across a fire-prone continent: effects of rainfall seasonality and temperature”. Annals of Botany 127.5 (2021), pp. 613-620. doi: 10.1093/aob/mcaa203.
Wenk_2023	1	1	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.