Kennedia is a genus of thirteen species of flowering plants in the pea family Fabaceae and is endemic to Australia.

Plants in the genus Kennedia are prostrate or climbing perennials that usually have softly-hairy foliage and a stem that is woody at the base.

[2][3][4][5] The genus Kennedia was first formally described in 1805 by Étienne Pierre Ventenat in his book, Jardin de la Malmaison.

Western Australian species are heat-tolerant and make good covers for sheds, fences and walls with support.

Many kennedias are vigorous climbers; K. rubicunda (commonly used in revegetation projects around Sydney, where it is indigenous) and K. nigricans can cover up to five metres of wall from tube in nine months.