Grona varians

Slender Tick-Trefoil at Hughes, ACT

Grona varians at Hughes, ACT - 1 Mar 2017
Grona varians at Hughes, ACT - 1 Mar 2017
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Identification history

Grona varians 1 Mar 2017 MichaelBedingfield
Grona varians 1 Mar 2017 MichaelBedingfield
Unidentified 1 Mar 2017 ruthkerruish

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Small delicate perennial herb in Hughes Garran Woodland

3 comments

BettyDonWood wrote:
   2 Mar 2017
It is hard to tell from your photos whether it is Glycine microphylla, in which the smaller veins forming a net are obvous, and which roots at the leaf nodes, or the more common Glycine clandestina, which does/has neither. Could you give us more information about those two points?
ruthkerruish wrote:
   2 Mar 2017
I am not very good at details and usually get anything I am not 100% sure about verified. However regarding the above photos. Several years ago we planted 10 purchased slender tick trefoil tube stock in a group in the woodland - these plants are just outside the area - so I assumed that they were slender tick-trefoils which are very variable.
   2 Mar 2017
Desmodium varians is very common in grassy woodlands and often survives in remnants such as this.

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Additional information

  • Less than 10cm Plant height

Species information

  • Grona varians Scientific name
  • Slender Tick-Trefoil Common name
  • Not Sensitive
  • Local native
  • Non-invasive or negligible
  • Up to 957.54m Recorded at altitude
  • 210 images trained Machine learning
  • In flower
  • External link More information
  • Synonyms

    Desmodium varians

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