1.
Oxylobium arborescens
2. Glycine clandestina
3. Kennedia prostrata
4. Bossiaea cinerea
5. *Trifolium leaf
6. *Trifolium inflorescence
* introduced species
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FABACEAE
subfamily FABOIDEAE (,
sub family Papillionatae ) 1:122
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The
Faboideae is one of the major angiosperm families in Tasmania.
Native species include many shrubs, and a few herbs and climbers.
Many
shrubs (e.g. gorse), herbs (e.g. clovers) and climbers (e.g. some Vicia
species) are successful weeds. Species are found in almost all vegetation types except
saltmarsh and rainforest. Characteristic features include the
fruit (a legume = a pod opening by two sutures) and the
asymmetrical flowers with five free petals - the largest at the
top. The leaves are often entire, pinnate or trifoliate, and may be opposite, alternate or
(in Oxylobium) whorled.
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