Indigofera humifusa Eckl. & Zeyh.

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Indigofera

Characteristics

Suffruticose, diffuse or procumbent, nearly glabrous, pale; branches terete; leaves long-petioled, 5-6-jugate; leaflets petiolulate, narrow-obovate, obtuse or acute, glabrous or thinly pilose beneath, the terminal petioled; stipules small, ovate or falcato-lanceolate, recurved; racemes on very long peduncles, laxly many flowered; bracts lanceolate; calyces glabrescent, the teeth subulate; petals minutely downy; legumes terete, straight, pendulous, glabrous.
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Diffuse, prostrate or decumbent shrublet to 20 cm, stems pale, softly hairy or glabrous. Leaves pinnately 9-17-foliolate, petiole 4-12 mm long, leaflets obovate to oblanceolate; stipules ovate-falcate to lanceolate, spreading to reflexed, often membranous. Flowers in racemes on slender peduncles > twice as long as leaves, mauve to purple, back of standard petal hairy, stamens 6-7 mm long. Pods glabrous, spreading.
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Growth form shrub
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 humifusa world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:499478-1
WFO ID wfo-0000192854
COL ID 3PM7P
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Synonyms

Indigofera humifusa Indigofera calva