Indigofera filicaulis Eckl. & Zeyh.

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Indigofera

Characteristics

Slender, decumbent, mat-like, reseeding shrublet to 40 cm. Leaves digitately 3-9-foliolate, sessile, leaflets linear-oblanceolate, subglabrous above, margins strongly involute. Flowers 3 or 4 in racemes on thread-like peduncles > twice as long as leaves, red or pink, back of standard petal minutely hairy. Pods stipitate, glabrous, spreading.
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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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 filicaulis world distribution map, present in South Africa

Conservation status

Indigofera filicaulis threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:499339-1
WFO ID wfo-0000192089
COL ID 3PM44
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Synonyms

Indigofera filicaulis Indigofera subtilis