Indigofera mauritanica (L.) Thunb.

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Indigofera

Characteristics

Sprawling or prostrate, hairy shrublet with stems to 30 cm long. Leaves pinnately 5-foliolate, subsessile, leaflets obovate to cuneate-obovate, discolorous, grey-hairy beneath, midrib sunken above, prominent below. Flowers in racemes on thread-like peduncles > twice as long as leaves, mauve or pink, back of standard petal softly hairy. Pods glabrous, spreading to deflexed.
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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Distribution

Indigofera mauritanica world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:499636-1
WFO ID wfo-0000196656
COL ID 6MVX6
BDTFX ID 44830
INPN ID 110202
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Synonyms

Indigofera coriacea Indigofera mauritanica Lotus mauritanicus Ononis mauritanica Lotus alopecuroides Indigofera coriacea var. major Indigofera coriacea var. cana