Swainsona flavicarinata is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to inland areas of continental Australia.

It is a prostrate to more or less erect perennial herb, with imparipinnate leaves with 5 to 9 egg-shaped leaflets with the narrower end towards the base, and racemes of 3 to 15 purple, red or pink flowers.

Swainsona flavicarinata is a prostrate to more or less erect perennial herb, that typically grows to a height of about 45 cm (18 in) and has densely softly-hairy stems.

[2][3][4][5][6] Swainsona flavicarinata was first formally described in 1924 by John McConnell Black in the Flora of South Australia.

[8] This species of pea usually grows near watercourses or floodplains near creeks or rocks holes in inland Australia, mostly in the Northern Territory, but there are also records from South Australia, Queensland and New South Wales.