Cullen microcephalum

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• Cullen microcephalum (Rchb. ex Kunze) J.W.Grimes APNI*

• Synonyms: Psoralea adscendens F.Muell. APNI*

• Psoralea microcephala Rchb. ex Kunze APNI*

• Psoralea gunnii Hook.f. APNI*

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• Description: Trailing or ascending perennial herb; stems 30–80 cm long, ± glabrous or with sparse ± appressed dark hairs, gland-dotted.

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• Leaves to 15 cm long, palmately 3-foliolate; leaflets lanceolate to ovate-oblong, 2–7 cm long, 10–20 mm wide, apex ± acute, margins entire, upper surface dotted with dark glands; petiole mostly 4–10 cm long; stipules 3.5–7 mm long.

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• Inflorescence rachis 2–9 cm long; peduncle 8–28 cm long. Calyx 3–5 mm long, dark-hairy. Corolla 5–7 mm long, mauve-purple, pink or white.

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• Pods c. 3 mm long, glabrous, wrinkled, black.

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• Flowering: Flowers summer.

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• Distribution and occurrence: Grows chiefly in woodland at higher altitudes, south from Queanbeyan district.

• NSW subdivisions: SC, ST, SWS

• Other Australian states: Vic. Tas.

Sources of information:

• https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Cullen~microcephalum (2025)