what is keel sturt desert pea
Swainsona formosa, Sturt's Desert Pea, is an Australian plant in the genus Swainsona, named after English botanist Isaac Swainson, famous for its distinctive blood-red leaf-like flowers, each with a bulbous black centre, or boss. It is one of Australia's best known wildflowers.pecimens of Sturt's desert pea were first collected by William Dampier who recorded his first sighting on 22 August 1699. These specimens are today in the Fielding-Druce Herbarium at Oxford University in England. The taxonomy of Sturt's desert pea has been changed on a number of occasions.