Twining Glycine

Twining Glycine

Twining Glycine

Glycine clandestina

Perennial. Has a woody rootstock but the stems are slender, delicate and susceptible to grazing. The flowers are a source of nectar and pollen for native insects, including bees and wasps, and the leaves are food for caterpillar species.

Details Description
Type
Scrambler or Climber
Group
Pea
Identifying Characteristics

Twining herb with long stems. Leaves variable in size and shape. Flowers are small pea flowers from pale pink through mauve to pale blue, held in small loose clusters near the upper leaves. Seed pods are 3-4 cm long, usually hairy and almost black at maturity. Flowers all year, mainly in spring.
Distinctive Features

Glycine clandestina and Glycine tabacina look similar but the length of the leaflet stalks differs. In G. clandestina, all three leaflet stalks are about the same length. In G. tabacina the middle leaflet has a longer stalk than the two either side.
Life Form Group
Scrambler or Climber
Life Form Codes
Scrambler or Climber (SC)
EVC types
EVC 68: Creekline Grassy Woodland
Native Status
Native to Australia
Taxonomy
Phylum
Charophyta
Class
Equisetopsida
Order
Fabales
Family
Fabaceae
Genus
Glycine
Species
clandestina
Twining Glycine
Occurs in Victoria, New South Wales, Queensland, Tasmania and South 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.