Glycine tabacina

Variable Glycine at Griffith, ACT

Glycine tabacina at Griffith, ACT - 16 Jan 2019
Glycine tabacina at Griffith, ACT - 16 Jan 2019
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Identification history

Glycine tabacina 19 Mar 2019 MichaelMulvaney
Glycine microphylla 16 Jan 2019 BettyDonWood
Glycine clandestina 16 Jan 2019 AlexKirk

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Some twining 15cm up grass stems. Leaflets narrower, flowers lighter purple than G tabacina

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BettyDonWood wrote:
   17 Jan 2019
The obvious veins in this leaves and longish stalk on the central leaflet suggest microphylla rather than clandestina. Glycine microphylla also roots at the leaf nodes, while clandestina does not. Which does your plant do?
RWPurdie wrote:
   20 Mar 2019
I searched for the Glycine at this location on 19 Feb 2019 and collected a herbarium specimen of the only species I could find. It keys out to Glycine tabacina; the length of the stalk on the central leaflet shown centre-top in the second photo above is typical of G. tabacina (the stalk is quite short in G. microphylla according to NSW PlantNet); the flower colour is quite variable.
   20 Mar 2019
Thanks Rosemary

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  • 4 - 15 Abundance
  • 16 Jan 2019 08:36 AM Recorded on
  • AlexKirk Recorded by

Additional information

  • True In flower
  • 10cm to 30cm Plant height

Species information

  • Glycine tabacina Scientific name
  • Variable Glycine Common name
  • Not Sensitive
  • Local native
  • Non-Invasive
  • Up to 1166m Recorded at altitude
  • 431 images trained Machine learning
  • In flower

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