Indigofera hantamensis Diels

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Indigofera

Characteristics

Woody, prostrate to mat-forming, dwarf shrub, stems and leaves densely grey-silky strigose with spreading, ± unequally 2-branched hairs. Leaves digitately 3-foliolate, petiole 1-8(10) mm long, leaflets obcordate, often conduplicate, apex notched. Flowers in shortly pedunculate racemes, deep pink, calyx sericeous, shorter than stamens, lobes lanceolate, ± equal to twice as long as tube, standard with a hairy midline on back.
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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Usage

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Cultivation

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

Indigofera hantamensis world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:499433-1
WFO ID wfo-0000192562
COL ID 3PM6G
BDTFX ID -
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Synonyms

Indigofera hantamensis