''Glycine microphylla'', commonly known as the small-leaf glycine is a small scrambling plant in the

bean A bean is the seed of several plants in the family Fabaceae, which are used as vegetables for human or animal food. They can be cooked in many different ways, including boiling, frying, and baking, and are used in many traditional dishes th ...

family, found in south eastern

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, also in the north east (

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). Leaves are in threes, 1.5 to cm long, 1 to 6 mm wide. Flowers are variable in colour, often mauve. A widespread plant, often seen on soils derived from

shale Shale is a fine-grained, clastic sedimentary rock formed from mud that is a mix of flakes of clay minerals (hydrous aluminium phyllosilicates, e.g. kaolin, Al2 Si2 O5( OH)4) and tiny fragments (silt-sized particles) of other minerals, especial ...

and

metamorphic Metamorphic rocks arise from the transformation of existing rock to new types of rock in a process called metamorphism. The original rock (protolith) is subjected to temperatures greater than and, often, elevated pressure of or more, causin ...

rocks. The specific epithet ''microphylla'' refers to the small leaves.Les Robinson – Field Guide to the Native Plants of Sydney, page 334

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microphylla Flora of New South Wales Flora of Queensland Flora of Victoria (Australia) Flora of Tasmania Flora of South Australia Taxa named by George Bentham {{Phaseoleae-stub