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Cullen virens
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 (W.Fitzg.) J.W.Grimes
Synonyms
Psoralea virens W.Fitzg.

Cullen virens is a plant in the Fabaceae family, found only in the north of Western Australia.

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.

It was first described in 1918 as Psoralea virens by William Vincent Fitzgerald, but was reassigned to the genus Cullen in 1997 by James Walter Grimes.

External links

• Cullen virens: Images & occurrence data from GBIF

References

1. "Cullen virens". Atlas of Living Australia. Retrieved 5 January 2025.
2. ^ "Cullen virens". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
3. ^ "Cullen virens". Australian Plant Name Index, IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government. Retrieved 2025-01-05.
4. Fitzgerald, W.V. (1918), The Botany of the Kimberleys, north-west Australia. Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Western Australia 3: 151-152
5. Grimes, J.W. (31 October 1997), A revision of Cullen (Leguminosae: Papilionoideae). Australian Systematic Botany 10(4): 629

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