Common Names
The first recorded uses of common names for Swainsona formosa (Author/publication and year of first use).:
Showy Donia (G. Don, 1832)
Beautiful Donia (G. Don, 1832)
Dampier’s clianth (Veitch, 1850)
Dampier’s Clianthus (Hooker, 1858)
Sturt’s pea (Adelaide Advertiser, 1858)
Sturt pea (de Mole, 1861)
Captain Sturt’s desert pea (Aspinall, 1862)
Desert pea (Anon., 1864)
Sturt’s desert pea (Tenison-Woods, 1865)
Glory flower (Bailey, 1883)
Glory pea (Bailey, 1883)
Sturt’s glory pea (Anon., 1886)
Lobster claws (The Garden, 1890)
Blood flower (Parker, 1898)
Dampier’s glory pea (Guilfoyle, 1911)
Australian glory pea (Guilfoyle, 1911)
Dampier pea (Harris, 1980)
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