Indigofera glomerata E.Mey.

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Indigofera

Characteristics

Shrubby, depressed or prostrate, much branched, villoso-canescenl; leaves densely imbricated, short petioled, trifoliolate; leaflets (small) obovate-oblong, mucronate, white-hairy, the older denuded; stipules setaceo-subulate, longer than the petiole; racemes sessile, few-flowered, equalling the leaves; calyx pilose its segments setaceo-subulate; petals hairy; legumes 2-4 seeded, turgid, tomentose.
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Prostrate, much-branched, closely leafy shrublet to 20 cm. Leaves imbricate, digitately 3-foliolate, leaflets obovate-oblong, softly white-hairy; stipules deltoid, long-acuminate, longer than petioles. Flowers in subsessile racemes, pink to purple.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Nitrogen fixer rhizobia
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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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Images

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Distribution

Indigofera glomerata world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:499400-1
WFO ID wfo-0000192446
COL ID 3PM5L
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Synonyms

Indigofera glomerata Indigofera nivea Indigofera villosa