Galactia tenuiflora (Willd.) Wight & Arn. APNI* Description: Climbing or trailing herb; stems ± pubescent.
Leaves 3-foliate; leaflets broad-ovate to ± circular or linear to narrow-elliptic, 10–70 mm long, 3–20 mm wide, apex obtuse to acute, finely mucronate or emarginate, upper surface ± glaborous, lower surface pubescent; petiole 1–4 cm long. Racemes 1–12 flowered; peduncle mostly 1–4 cm lng. Calyx 3–6 mm long.
Corolla 8–9 mm long; standard mauve to pink, sometimes with whitish eye, drying yellow; keel usually white to pink.
Pods linear, 1.5–4 cm long, appressed-pubescent; seeds 2–3.5 mm long, brown to blackish.
Flowering: Flowers summer.
Distribution and occurrence: Mostly grows on coastal headlands along coast or in sclerophyll forest.
NSW subdivisions: NC, NWS
Other Australian states: Qld N.T. W.A.
Text by A.E. Holland and G.J. Harden
Taxon concept:
| | Key to the varieties | |
| 1 | Leaflets mostly broad-ovate to broad-elliptic or ± circular, 10–40 mm long, 6–20 mm wide; racemes 1–12-flowered; seeds 3–3.5 mm long. | var. villosa |
| Leaflets mostly linear or narrow-elliptic, 20–70 mm long, 3–8 mm wide; racemes 1–3-flowered; seeds c. 2 mm long. | var. lucida |
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