Swainsona pterostylis

Swainsona pterostylis is low-growing or prostrate perennial herb, that typically grows to a height of up to about 15–40 cm (5.9–15.7 in) high, and usually has 3 hairy stems. Its leaves are imparipinnate, mostly 40–120 mm (1.6–4.7 in) long on a petiole, with mostly 11 to 19, broadly elliptic to narrowly egg-shaped with the narrower end towards the base, the side leaflets 5–30 mm (0.20–1.18 in) long and 2–10 mm (0.079–0.394 in) wide. There is a stipule 2–10 mm (0.079–0.394 in) long at the base of the petiole. The flowers are arranged in racemes 50–300 mm (2.0–11.8 in) long with 5 to more than 30 flowers on a peduncle about 1–3 mm (0.039–0.118 in) wide, each flower 7–10 mm (0.28–0.39 in) long on a pedicel 2–3 mm (0.079–0.118 in) long. The sepals are joined at the base, forming a tube about 2 mm (0.079 in) long, the sepal lobes equal to or about as long as the tube. The petals are purple to violet, the standard petal about 9–10 mm (0.35–0.39 in) long and 10–14 mm (0.39–0.55 in) wide, the wings 8–10 mm (0.31–0.39 in) long, and the keel about 7–9 mm (0.28–0.35 in) long and 2.5–3.5 mm (0.098–0.138 in) deep.^[2] Flowering occurs from April to October,^[3] and the fruit is oblong to almost spherical, 6–12 mm (0.24–0.47 in) long and 5–8 mm (0.20–0.31 in) wide.^[2]