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Glycine tabacina
Also called Glycine Pea, Pea Glycine, Variable Glycine, Wild Soybean
Glycine tabacina, variable glycine, is a slender scrambling or twining perennial legume native to Australia and parts of East and Southeast Asia and the Pacific. It grows best in moist, open, grassy habitats where rainfall is good.
Glycine tabacina, commonly known as variable glycine, is a scrambling plant in the bean family found in Australia. It grows in areas of high rainfall, ranging to semi-arid areas. The leaves are in threes, 7 cm long by 2 cm wide. Bluish to purple flowers form on racemes in the warmer months. The bean pod is up to 3 cm long. The habitat is among grasses, often in open country.
Glycine tabacina is native in Australia. However, can also be located in China, Pacific Islands, Papua New Guinea, Indonesia, Philippines and Taiwan. In Australia, Glycine tabacina are mostly located in New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria and Western Australia. Within Eastern Australia, Glycine tabacina are frequently and largely scattered and found in cosmopolitan areas. Typically, Glycine tabacina grow within grasses in wide forest lands and woodland areas. It can also be found in dense forests and rainforest riverbeds, though it is uncommon near ocean shores. Glycine tabacina thrives in moist soils, loamy clay soils, and does not require shade. The pH level that is best for Glycine tabacina growth can vary from acidic to alkaline. After a fire, this plant has the ability to re-sprout from the root and regenerates extensively from seed. There have been no toxic elements that have been discovered yet. This is a nectar plant for butterflies as well as a food plant for certain caterpillar groups.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Glycine tabacina 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.
