Indigofera incana Thunb.

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Indigofera

Characteristics

Suffruticose, procumbent, branched, cano-hirsute; branches flexuous; leaves on short petioles, trifoliolate; leaflets obovate, or obovate-oblong, mucronate, expanded, hirsute on both sides; stipules broad, semi-sagittate, acuminate, mostly longer than the petiole. Racemes subspicate, on long peduncles; bracts minute; calyx-segments subulate-acuminate; petals glabrous; legume terete, pendulous, hispid, several seeded.
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Spreading, prostrate to suberect shrublet, 30-60 cm. Leaves digitately 3-foliolate, leaflets obovate-oblong, coarsely long hairy; stipules ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, often longer than petioles. Flowers in racemes on robust peduncles, rose to pink.
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 incana world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:499487-1
WFO ID wfo-0000192885
COL ID 3PM7Y
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Synonyms

Indigofera incana