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Glycine falcata

Glycine falcata
Photo: Mark Marathon, CC BY-SA 4.0

Glycine falcata is a perennial legume native to central and arid Australia, grown mainly as a drought-tolerant ground cover or forage plant in dry climates. It needs full sun and very little water once established.

Family
Fabaceae (Pea & bean family)
Grows as
Perennial
Light
Full sun
Water
Water sparingly and let the soil dry between waterings; established plants tolerate drought well.
Soil
Free-draining sandy or loamy soil; tolerates poor soils.
Temperature
Tolerates hot, dry conditions; frost tolerance is limited, so protect from hard frost.
How easy
Easy
Native range
C. Australia
Climate
desert or dry shrubland

About

Glycine falcata is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae. The native range is the majority of Australia and occurs in regions such as Western Australia, Northern Territory, Queensland and South Australia.

Other Glycine plants

Silky Glycine · Twining Glycine · Basketlike Lobed Soybean · Glycine latifolia · Clover Glycine · Soybean · Small Leaf Glycine · Wild Soybean · Glycine · Glycine · Soybean

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Glycine falcata by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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