Twining Glycine

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Glycine rubiginosa

Twining plant with white to rusty hairs. The tiny purple-violet flowers are in small clusters are easily overlooked. Leaves are three long thin leaflets.

Details
Flora Type
Scramblers, twiners
Former Scientific Name
Previously part of Glycine clandestina var. sericea.
Distinctive Features

Leaves occurring as three long very thin leaflets. Pods straight, smooth and mottled, twisting after breaking open.
Biology

Perennial. Grasslands and grassy woodlands. Twining Glycine will climb on whatever plant is nearby, or will trail along the ground seeking any elevated support.
Native Status
Native
Flowering Time

Jul- Nov
Taxonomy
Phylum
Tracheophyta (Vascular Plants)
Class
Magnoliopsida (Flowering Plants)
Order
Fabales
Family
Fabaceae
Genus
Glycine
Species
tabacina

Source: Atlas of Living Australia

Most of the Glycine genus are Australian, but the genus includes the Soybean Glycine max.

Interesting Facts
Native Status
Native