Indigofera dillwynioides Benth. ex Harv.

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Indigofera

Characteristics

Suffruticose, slender, ascending’-suberect, subglabrous; branches angular; leaves subsessile, digitately 5-7 foliolate; leaflets oblongo-lanceolate, acute, with involute margins, sparsely strigose, glaucous; stipules obsolete; peduncles setaceous, much longer than the leaves, 6-8 flowered; flowers pedicellate bracts persistent; calyx-segments lanceolate; petals silky; legume.... ?
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Slender, erect or sprawling, reseeding shrublet to 60 cm. Leaves digitately 5-7-foliolate, sessile, leaflets linear-oblanceolate, subglabrous, margins strongly involute. Flowers 6-8 in racemes on peduncles ± as long as or longer than leaves, pink, mauve or red, back of standard petal minutely hairy. Pods glabrous, spreading.
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Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Nitrogen fixer rhizobia
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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 dillwynioides world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:499251-1
WFO ID wfo-0000191559
COL ID 3PLZX
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Synonyms

Indigofera dillwynioides