Swainsona adenophylla

Erect or spreading perennial herb, to c. 30 cm tall; stems densely pubescent with appressed medifixed hairs. Leaves mostly 3–5 cm long; leaflets 3–9, linear to narrow-ovate, lateral leaflets 15–25 mm long, mostly 0.5–2 mm wide, apices obtuse with a yellowish, orbicular terminal gland, both surfaces densely pubescent; stipules to c. 4 mm long. Racemes mostly 10–20-flowered; flowers 6–9 mm long; calyx pubescent, teeth shorter than tube; petals pink or purplish; standard 7–9 mm long, 6–8 mm wide, suborbicular, clawed; keel c. 7 mm long, obtuse or acute, slightly twisted in older flowers; style tapering, tip straight or minutely inflexed. Pod narrow-obloid, mostly 10–20 mm long, 3–4 mm wide, pubescent; stipe to c. 0.5 mm long; seeds to c. 8, cuboid-cordate, 2–2.5 mm long, olive-green to light brown. Flowers Jun.–Sep. (or in summer after good rains).