Cullen virens | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Fabales |
Family: | Fabaceae |
Subfamily: | Faboideae |
Genus: | Cullen |
Species: | C. virens |
Binomial name | |
Cullen virens | |
Synonyms | |
Psoralea virensW.Fitzg. |
Cullen virens is a plant in the Fabaceae family, found only in the north of Western Australia. [1] [2]
It is a slender, erect shrub, growing from 2 metres to 4 metres high on lateritic or basaltic soils. Its white and pinkish-purple flowers may be seen from May to October. [2]
It was first described in 1918 as Psoralea virens by William Vincent Fitzgerald, [3] [4] but was reassigned to the genus Cullen in 1997 by James Walter Grimes. [3] [5]
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