Indigofera lenticellata Craib

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Indigofera

Characteristics

Shrubs, erect, to 1.2 m tall. Stems purplish brown; branches terete, with rufous lenticels, with appressed white medifixed symmetrically 2-branched trichomes. Stipules trian­gular, ca. 1.5 mm. Leaves 1-3 cm, 5-9-foliolate; petiole and rachis with dense appressed white mixed brown medifixed tri­chomes; petiole 2-7 mm; stipels minute; petiolules ca. 0.5 mm; leaflet blades opposite, elliptic to obovate, 3-7 × 2-5 mm, both surfaces with white and brown appressed medifixed trichomes, abaxially with denser trichomes, secondary veins not visible, base rounded to broadly cuneate, apex rounded to truncate and mucronate. Racemes 2.5-4 cm; peduncle 3-10 mm, longer than petioles; bracts ovate, ca. 1.5 mm, caducous. Pedicel ca. 1 mm, reflexed in fruit. Calyx hairy; tube ca. 1 mm; teeth as long as tube. Corolla red; standard broadly elliptic, ca. 7 × 4-4.5 mm, outside hairy; wings and keel ca. 7 mm. Stamens 5-6.5 mm. Legume dark purple, cylindric, 1.2-3 cm, with sparse appressed medifixed trichomes. Fl. May-Jul, fr. Sep-Oct.
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Growth form shrub
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Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 1.2
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Nitrogen fixer rhizobia
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Hardiness (USDA) 6-10

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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 lenticellata world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:499556-1
WFO ID wfo-0000197569
COL ID 6MVVC
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Synonyms

Indigofera lenticellata