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The Australian National Botanical Gardens is helping the ACT government to re-establish wild and self-sustaining populations of the Small Purple Pea in the region.
Date Time Endangered local pea population being propagated A collection of endangered plant seeds from the region is currently being propagated in Canberra ready to be returned for planting as part of Central West Local Land Services Progressing the Small Purple-pea project. Natural Resource Management Officers from Central West Local Land Services travelled to Canberra recently to visit the Australian National Botanic Gardens and National Seed Bank where the Small Purple-pea (Swainsona recta) is being propagated and grown for translocation purposes. Central West Local Land Services Senior Land Services Officer, Tanya Muccillo said seed was collected from the Central West region at the end of 2020 and taken back to Canberra to be checked for viability, to store a portion in the National Seed Bank, and to propagate some plants for replanting back into local populations over the next three years.