Scientific Name: Glycine microphylla

Common Name: small-leaf glycine

Family Classification (Clade): Eudicots

Family: Fabaceae

Threatened Species Status: Vulnerable

Permit: It is an offence to collect, disturb, damage or destroy this species unless under permit.

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

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

Fruit: Seed pod – short with hairs, 15-25mm long. Pods become almost black and seeds turn red-brown when ripe.