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Hardenbergia comptoniana (Andrews) Benth.
Family Fabaceae
Subfamily Faboideae
Hardenbergia comptoniana (Andrews) Benth. APNI*

Description: Climbing or prostrate, ± glabrous shrub; stems long, often slender, twinning and vigorous.

Leaves 3- or rarely 5-foliolate, dark green; leaflets 4–6 cm long (sometimes up to 10 cm long), 0.6–3 cm wide, linear-lanceolate to broad-ovate, acuminate, leathery, venation prominently reticulate; petiole 3–5 cm long; stipels linear to ovate.

Inflorescence dense axillary or terminal racemes c. 12 cm long; flowers c. 1 cm diam., mauve to purplish blue (rarely white or pink); standard petals have 2 small white to greenish blotches near base; wing petals obovate.

Pods, narrow-cylindrical, 30–40 mm long, brown; seeds 6–8, c. 6 mm long, ellipsoid.


Flowering: Flowers spring–summer.

Distribution and occurrence: Native of Western Australia, widely cultivated in other States, occasionally naturalized.
NSW subdivisions: *CC, *SC
Other Australian states: W.A.
AVH map***

Text by C. Gardner
Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 2 (1991)


APNI* Provides a link to the Australian Plant Name Index (hosted by the Australian National Botanic Gardens) for comprehensive bibliographic data
***The AVH map option provides a detailed interactive Australia wide distribution map drawn from collections held by all major Australian herbaria participating in the Australian Virtual Herbarium project.
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