Clover glycine. Photo: Marc Freestone © 2019 Royal Botanic Gardens Board | CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Clover glycine

Glycine latrobeana
Critically Endangered: Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016

The clover glycine only exists in south-eastern Australia, but is widely distributed. It can be found in South Australia’s Port Pirie, throughout much of Victoria and near Hobart in Tasmania.

A small population was only recently discovered in Kosciuszko National Park. The NSW population can be found in subalpine grassland at about 1300m in elevation.

Threats

• The population size is very small, estimated at about 1000 plants within a few hectares, and highly vulnerable to disturbance.
• Grazing and trampling from feral horses.
• Ox-eye daisy is abundant in the area where it grows and may out-compete it.