Cullen tenax (Lindl.) J.W.Grimes is a plant in the Fabaceae family, order Fabales, kingdom Plantae. Not known to be toxic.

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Cullen tenax (Lindl.) J.W.Grimes

Cullen tenax (Lindl.) J.W.Grimes

Cullen tenax, or emu foot, is a herbaceous perennial shrub native to south-eastern Australia.

Family
Genus
Cullen
Order
Fabales
Class
Magnoliopsida

About Cullen tenax (Lindl.) J.W.Grimes

Cullen tenax, commonly known as emu foot, is a herbaceous perennial shrub. This species is most often found in forests or on heavy soils in medium to low rainfall areas of south-eastern Australia. It was first described in 1838 by John Lindley under the name Psoralea tenax, before being reassigned to the genus Cullen in 1996 by James Walter Grimes.

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Taxonomy

Plantae Tracheophyta Magnoliopsida Fabales Fabaceae Cullen

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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