Indigofera brachystachya E.Mey.

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Indigofera

Characteristics

Shrubby, erect, densely much branched; branches tomentose; leaves sessile, bi-trijugate; leaflets close, linear-subcuneate, with prominent midrib and strongly revolute margins, recurvo-mucronulate, albo-puberulous above, tomentose and canescent beneath, the terminal sessile; stipules minute, subulate; racemes on very short peduncles, as long or twice as long as the leaf, canescent, pluriflowered; bracts minute; calyx canescent, its lobes broadly subulate; petals albo-sericeous; legumes short, few seeded, turgid, tomentose.
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Dense shrub to 1.5 m, mass flowering, stems densely grey-hairy. Leaves pinnately 5-7-foliolate, subsessile, leaflets linear-subcuneate, shortly hairy above, densely grey-hairy beneath, midrib prominent beneath, margins strongly revolute. Flowers in racemes on peduncles shorter than to twice as long as leaves, subsessile, mauve to pink, petals persistent, back of standard petal white-silky. Pods hairy.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Nitrogen fixer rhizobia
Photosynthetic pathway c3

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Soil texture 3-4
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Usage

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Cultivation

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Germination duration (days) 30 - 90
Germination temperacture (C°) 10
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Germination treatment soaking
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Distribution

Indigofera brachystachya world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:499068-1
WFO ID wfo-0000191543
COL ID 6N7VP
BDTFX ID -
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Synonyms

Indigofera brachystachya