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Indigastrum niveum (willd. ex Spreng.) Schrire & Callm.

Species

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Characteristics

Annual (sometimes woody) herb, stems prostrate, mat-forming, silvery appearance due to dense, whitish, biramous hairs. Leaves 3-5-foliolate, leaflets alternate. Terminal leaflet 4-12(20) mm long, obovate to cuneate. Inflorescences 3-7(9)-flowered racemes congested in the leaf axils ± equalling to shorter than the subtending leaf, bracts caducous; peduncles ± 1 mm long. Flowers pink to purple. Calyx 3-4 mm long, with lanceolate-lobes ± equalling the tube. Stamens (4)5-6 mm long, exceeding the calyx. Style 3-4 mm long. Flowering time Dec.-July. Pod 9-20 mm long, spreading to reflexed, terete to nodiform, slightly curved.
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Perennial herb, up to 50 mm high. Stems procumbent, usually mat-forming. Leaves with up to 5 leaflets per leaf; terminal leaflet up to 3 mm long; lower surface of leaflets greyish tomentose. Flowers: inflorescence very short; peduncle not exceeding subtending leaf; petals completely glabrous; corolla bright purple; Mar. Pods short, straight, covered with appressed greyish hairs.
Occasionally woody, mat-forming annual, up to 0.5 m tall, greyish with densely appressed, strigose hairs. Leaves 3-5-foliolate, leaflets alternate, terminal leaflet obovate. Flowers in congested axillary racemes, ± equal to or shorter than subtending leaf, pink, stamens exceeding the lanceolate-lobed calyx.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.28
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Nitrogen fixer rhizobia
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Environment

Light -
Soil humidity 1-3
Soil texture 5-7
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

Usage

Uses medicinal
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Cultivation

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Distribution

Indigastrum niveum world distribution map, present in Lesotho, Namibia, and South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77205601-1
WFO ID wfo-0001039861
COL ID 3PLSP
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Indigofera argyraea Indigofera collina Indigastrum argyraeum Indigastrum niveum Indigofera nivea Indigofera burchellii Anila argyraea
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