Perennial soybean

Family: Fabaceae
Scientific name: Neonotonia wightii
Description: Plant Form: Perennial climbing or creeping vine. Size: Up to 4.5 m wide. Stem: Range from densely covered in rusty hairs to almost hairless. Can become slightly woody with age. Green, often twining. Leaves: Compound of 3 triangularly arranged oval or egg-shaped leaflets, each 1-10 cm long. Usually densely hairy. Alternately arranged along stem. Flowers: Small, up to 1 cm long, white or pale purple typical pea flowers, sometimes with yellowish or purplish markings. In elongated clusters 2-18 cm long. Turn orange when they die and fall off. Fruit and Seeds: Elongated pods up to 3.5 cm long which are blackish and often densely hairy with rusty coloured hairs. Containing 6-9 black seeds. Habitat: Rainforests, urban bushland, grasslands, woodlands, coastal scrub, parks. Distinguishing Features: Distinguished from the native Rhynchosia (Rhynchosia minima) by having white or pale purple flowers rather than yellow. Weed Status: Other Weed Weed Type: Environmental, Common Lifeform: Herbaceous

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