Scientific Name: Glycine tomentella

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  • Common Name:
    Woolly Glycine
  • Type:
  • Family:
    FABACEAE
  • Flowers:
    Purple, most of the year 7 mm.
  • Fruit:
    Pod
  • Vegetation Type:
    Seacoast,
  • Species List:
    Fraser Island, Batianoff 87, BHNR
Identification Notes

Densely clothed with brownish hairs. Leaves trifoliolate, alternate. Hairy stems and leaves.

Associated Fauna

Butterfly host plant: Common grass blue.

Landscaping Notes

Suitable plant for appropriate soil type (see Vegetation type) Seacoast rockeries.||Successfully propagated by Tin Can Bay City Farm Nursery.||