Indigofera gracilis Spreng.

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Indigofera

Characteristics

Suffruticose, decumbent, slender; branches filiform; leaves sparse, petiolate, trifoliolate; oblong or obovate, thin, expanded, strigose on the under surface stipules small subulate; racemes subcapitate, few-flowered on long, setaceous peduncles, calyx-segments subulate; petals glabrous; legumes turgid, 2-5 seeded, hispido-canescent.
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Slender, creeping, carpet-forming shrublet. Leaves digitately 3-foliolate, rather distant, leaflets small, elliptic-oblong to obovate, glabrous or thinly hairy above; stipules small, awl-shaped. Flowers in racemes on filiform peduncles, purple or reddish pink.
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Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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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 gracilis world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:499407-1
WFO ID wfo-0000192466
COL ID 3PM5W
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Synonyms

Lotus microphyllus Oustropis microphylla Indigofera gracilis Dorycnium microphyllum Indigofera setacea Tricoilendus microphylus Bonjeanea microphylla Indigofera gracilis var. latifolia Indigofera gracilis var. major