Swainsona formosa

Sturt's desert pea
	Sturt's desert pea, at Melbourne Zoo
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Fabales
Family:	Fabaceae
Subfamily:	Faboideae
Genus:	Swainsona
Species:	S. formosa
Binomial name
	Swainsona formosa; (G. Don) Joy Thomps.
Synonyms
	List Clianthus dampieri A.Cunn. ex Lindl. nom. illeg.; Clianthus formosus (G.Don) Ford & Vickery; Clianthus speciosus var. typicus Domin not validly publ.; Donia formosa G.Don; Willdampia formosa (G.Don) A.S.George; Clianthus dampieri var. marginatus Dombrain; Clianthus dampieri var. marginatus Wickham nom. illeg.; Clianthus dampieri var. tricolor Anon.; Clianthus oxleyi A.Cunn. ex Lindl. nom. illeg.; Clianthus speciosus (G.Don) Asch. & Graebn. nom. illeg.; Clianthus speciosus subsp. marginatus (Dombrain) Asch. & Graebn.; Clianthus speciosus var. oxleyi (A.Cunn. ex Lindl.) Domin; Colutea novae-hollandiae Walp.; Donia speciosa G.Don; Kennedia speciosa A.Cunn. nom. subnud.; Swainsona atrococcinea Carrière ; ;

Swainsona formosa, commonly known as Sturt's desert pea or Sturt pea, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is native to all continental states and the Northern Territory of Australia, with the exception of Victoria. It is a prostrate annual or short lived perennial herb with imparipinnate leaves with about 15 elliptic to egg-shaped leaflets with the narrower end towards the base, and racemes of usually red flowers in racemes of 2 to 6.