Variable Glycine

Variable Glycine
Variable Glycine
Variable Glycine

Variable Glycine

Glycine tabacina

Perennial. The stems grow from a woody, thick root-stock. Rhizobium bacteria live in this legume's root nodules and allow the plant to fix nitrogen from the air.

Details Description
Type
Scrambler or Climber
Group
Pea
Identifying Characteristics

A low spreading plant with long, slender stems, usually creeping or trailing up to 1.5 m. Leaves consist of three leaflets, like clover. Clusters of 4-12 blue to purple pea-like flowers are produced from December-May.
Distinctive Features

Glycine tabacina and Glycine clandestina look similar but the length of the leaflet stalks differ. In G. tabacina the middle leaflet has a longer stalk than the two either side. In G. clandestina, all three leaflet stalks are about the same length.
Life Form Group
Scrambler or Climber
Life Form Codes
Scrambler or Climber (SC)
EVC types
EVC 803: Plains Woodland
Native Status
Native to Australia
Taxonomy
Phylum
Charophyta
Class
Equisetopsida
Order
Fabales
Family
Fabaceae
Genus
Glycine
Species
tabacina
Variable Glycine
Found in Victoria, New South Wales, Queensland and Western Australia.

Distribution maps indicate current and historic locations where species have been sighted.

Source: Atlas of Living Australia

Endangered Status
DEPI Advisory List
Not listed
FFG Act
Not listed
EPBC Act
Not listed

The conservation status of species is listed within Victoria and Australia.

The Department of Environment and Primary Industry (DEPI) Advisory List consists of non-statutory advisory lists of rare or threatened flora and fauna within Victoria.

The Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act 1988 (FFG Act) lists threatened species in Victoria. Under the Act, an Action Statement is produced for each listed species.

The Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act) is the Australian Government’s key piece of environmental legislation, listing nationally threatened native species and ecological communities.