Swainsona recta, commonly known as mountain Swainson-pea or small purple pea,[2] is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to the south-east of continental Australia.

It is an erect or ascending perennial plant with imparipinnate leaves with 5 to 13 very narrowly linear leaflets, and racemes of about 6 to more than 25 purple flowers.

Swainsona recta is an erect or ascending perennial plant that typically up to a height of 20 cm (7.9 in) with 1 or 2 slender, ribbed stems.

[3][4][2] Swainsona recta was first formally described in 1948 by Alma Theodora Lee in Contributions from the New South Wales National Herbarium, from specimens collected by Marie Henley[5] near Wangaratta.

[4] In the past, this species was relatively widespread in north-eastern Victoria and on the slopes and tablelands of New South Wales, but is now clustered in two locations, one between Wellington and Mudgee and the other in the Canberra - Williamsdale district.