Scientific Name: Neonotonia wightii

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  • Common Name:
    Glycine
  • Family:
    FABACEAE
  • Status:
    WEED This introduced plant has escaped into local bushland. Without natural predators to keep it in check, it is out-competing native species.
  • Flowers:
    in axillary racemes.
  • Fruit:
    Linear, dehiscent pod. Glabrous to densely hairy.
  • Species List:
    Noosa's Worst Weeds, weeds,
Cultural Notes

Native of Africa.

Identification Notes

Deep rooting plants producing long, slender, trailing stems that root readily at branch nodes.|| Leaves stipulate.|| Hairy.

Landscaping Notes

CONTROL METHODS: REMOVAL: Remove every part of the plant - hand-pull seedlings. Replace with: Myoporum acuminatum, Canavalia rosea, Scaevola calendulaceae, Hibbertia scandens.