Family Index

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Scientific Name

Glycine microphylla

Family Name

FABACEAE (LEGUMINOSAE)

Common Name

Small-leaf Glycine

Status

Vulnerable

Height

10cm

Flowers

White, pink or purplish peaflowers, to 6mm long, borne on long stalks from the leaf axils, in clusters of 8-20.

Fruit

Seed pods

Form

Small, perennial herb with twining prostrate stems which are cloaked in short, backward-curving brown hairs.

Municipalities

Break O'Day; Burnie; Central Highlands; Dorset; Georgetown; Glamorgan-Spring Bay; Kentish; Latrobe; Meander Valley; Northern Midlands; West Tamar

Communities

Habitat Notes

Dry sclerophyll forest and woodland in the North East.

Site Tolerance

Frost Tolerance

Soil Tolerance

General Notes

Appears very similar to G. clandestina and G. latrobeana; differs in leaf shape and stipule shape. Suitable below powerlines.

Propagation Details

Propagation Calendar

Flowering Months

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Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Seed Collecting Months

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Sowing Months

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Cutting Months

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Seed Information

Seed Collection

Fruit is a short seed pod with hairs, 15-25mm long. Pods become almost black and seeds turn red-brown when ripe. Seed drops soon after maturity. Bag maturing fruits or place groundsheets under plants to catch seed, or harvest pods close to maturity (when they turn brown) and dry in warm area.

Seed Treatment Method

Hot water

Seed Storage Life

long

Viable Seeds Per Gram

Seed Treatment Notes

Treat seed with hot water (just of the boil), and allow to soak for a few hours before sowing.

Germination Time

Suitable for Direct Seeding

Cuttings

Expected Time to Take Root

Expected Time to Plant Out

Propagation by Division N.B. Transplant only from nearby to avoid disease.

Cutting Notes