Swainsona bracteata is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to eastern Australia.

Swainsona bracteata is a perennial herb, that typically grows to a height about 1 m (3 ft 3 in) with hairy stems.

[2] This species was first formally described in 1904 by Joseph Maiden and Ernst Betche who gave it the name Swainsona greyana var.

[3][4] In 1990, Joy Thompson raised the variety to species status as Swainsona bracteata in the journal Telopea.

[5][6] Swainsona bracteata grows in sandy soils in woodland and is widespread in the western slopes and plains of northern New South Wales, from near Condobolin to south-east Queensland.