Indigofera australis Willd.

Australian indigo (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Indigofera

Characteristics

A perennial hermaphrodite deciduous shrub.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) -
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer rhizobia
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

Usage

Uses animal food environmental use medicinal poison vertebrate poison
Edible -
Therapeutic use Cyanogenetic (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) 30 - 90
Germination temperacture (C°) 10
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment soaking
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Flower

Indigofera australis flower picture by walruster (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Indigofera australis world distribution map, present in Australia, Mauritius, and South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:499017-1
WFO ID wfo-0000190692
COL ID 3PLTD
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 671351
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Indigofera sylvatica Anil australis Indigofera lindleyana Indigofera australis

Lower taxons

Indigofera australis subsp. hesperia Indigofera australis var. australis Indigofera australis subsp. australis