Plants of the Castlemaine District?

Family: Fabaceae (Pea family).

Native.

Occurrence: Rare.

Identification:

• it is a herb
• it has clover-like leaves
• the leaflets are shortly stalked
• the blue pea flowers are on erect stalks.

VROTS: Vunerable in Victoria and Australia. Listed under the Fauna and Flora Guarantee Act

The Glycine genus includes Soya Bean.

Name: latrobeana: after Charles La Trobe, Lt Governor of Vic 1839-54.

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