Glycine
Neonotonia wightii, Fam. Fabaceae
Vigorous perennial twinning vine, often with woody base. Stems to several metres long, usually densely covered in rusty velvety downward pointed hairs. Previously Notonia wightii.
| Weed Category: |
Other invasive plants Invasive plants that are not prohibited or restricted invasive plants, but are known to spread readily and cause negative impacts, within the region.
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| Weed: | |
| Form or habit: | Vine (Climbing, Twining or groundcover) |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Leaf: | Compound Alternate Compound, alternate pinnate with 3 ovate to elliptic leaflets, 13-150 x 8-125mm, glabrous to densely velvety hairy on both surfaces; stalk 20-120mm long. Stipules persistent, 1-5mm long. |
| Flower conspicuous: | Conspicuous |
| Flower colour: |
White, Mauve |
| Flower description: | Pea-shaped, usually white, occasionally mauve, about 10mm long; borne in clusters of 2-7 along axillary racemes, 20-180mm long. |
| Fruit conspicuous: | Conspicuous |
| Fruit colour: |
Black, Brown |
| Fruit: | Dry |
| Fruit description: | Dark brown black, pods, glabrous to densely velvety hairy, 15-35 x 2.5-5mm, and constricted between the 2-6 seeds. Seeds tan flattened and almost rectangular, 2-4 x 1.5-3mm. |
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| Origin: | India, Malaysia, Indonesia and tropical Africa |
| Notes: | Introduced as a valuable pasture legume now naturalised and thriving in many areas of coastal and sub-coastal Queensland. Forms a dense tangled mass, smothering vegetation. Environmental weed. |
| Information sources: | Mackay Regional Pest Management Group (2018) Weeds of the Mackay Whitsunday Region Second Edition. |
