Indigofera limosa L.Bolus

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Indigofera

Characteristics

Herba annua tenella, ramis diffusis elongatis filiformibus, tenuiter strigosis, internodiis ad 3 cm longis; folia adscendentia vel patentia, petiolo capillaceo, 1-2.2 cm longo, stipulis flaccidis lineari-setaceis, 0.3-0.4 cm longis, foliolis 3-5, rarissime ad unum reductis, digitatis obovatis, obtusissimis vel subtruncatis, muticis vel minute mucronulatis, basi subcuneatis, supra glabrescentibus, infra parce strigosis, 0.5-1.1 cm longis; pedunculi filiformes, ad 6 cm longi, supra medium laxe pluriflori, floribus adscendentibus; bracteae mox deciduae, lineari-setaceae, 0.2 cm longae; pedicelli 0.1 cm longi; calyx extus strigosus, 0.4 cm longus, segmentis lanceolatis, longe acuminatis, 0.3 cm longis; vexillum 0.6 cm longum, lamina suborbicularis ciliata, ungue vix 0.1 cm longo; alae vexillo aequilongae, oblongae, supra medium ampliatae, apice obliquae, obtusae, basi postice minute gibbosae, ungue brevissimo; carina alis aequilonga, obtusa ciliata, medio saccata, ungue laminam fere aequante; ovarium anguste lineare pluri-ovulatum, 0.4 cm longum; legumen cernuum lineari-teres, valvis immaturis subtorulosis, deinde convexis, tenuiter strigosum, 1.1 cm longum, seminibus 7-9 glaberrimis.
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Slender annual, 0.1-0.4 m tall, with diffuse filiform branches, hair-covering strigose. Leaves digitately 3-5-foliolate, leaflets obovate. Flowers several, in lax racemes on filiform peduncles up to ± 60 mm long, purple-pink, calyx shorter than ± 5 mm long stamens, with lanceolate lobes 2 or more times longer than tube, standard strigose on back.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.07 - 0.22
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Nitrogen fixer rhizobia
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Environment

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Usage

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Edible -
Therapeutic use -
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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 limosa world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:499573-1
WFO ID wfo-0000193185
COL ID 6MVV8
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Indigofera limosa