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Indigofera monostachya Eckl. & Zeyh.

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Indigofera

Characteristics

Resprouting suffrutex, 0.1-0.3 m high; rhizomatous, stems slender, angular, ascending to erect, strigose. Stipules (4)6-17 x 1.5-2.5 mm, leaving annular sheath scars, obliquely lanceolate-acuminate, apex subaristate. Leaves with petioles 2-5 mm long. Terminal leaflet (6)8-40(50) x 13-4(5) mm, linear-to lanceolate, apex acute to subaristate; upper surface with coarsely biramous hairs, discolorous; lower surface glabrous, venation prominent, margins inrolled. Inflorescences of 30-140 mm long, densely (15)20-60(70)-flowered racemes; peduncle 10-60(75) mm long; pedicels 0.5-1.5 mm long. Flowers 8-9 mm long, pink to deep pink; calyx 3.0-3.5 mm long, glabrous; lobes ± triangular, ± equalling the tube; standard dorsally glabrous; keel apex ± acute. Stamens 6-7 mm long. Flowering time Sept.-Feb. Pod immature, spreading.
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Suffruticose, suberect, subglabrous; leaves on short petioles, trifoliolate; leaflets linear-lanceolate or lanceolate, very acute, with inrolled margins, green and sparsely strigose above, dark coloured, glabrous and veiny beneath; stipules lanceolate-acuminate, striate, much longer than the petioles; racemes on long peduncles, elongating, many-flowered; bracts ovato-lanceolate, longer than the flowers, deciduous; calyx semi 5-fid, the lobes sublanceolate; petals glabrous; legumes terete, peduncles glabrous.
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Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.1 - 0.3
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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 monostachya world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:499689-1
WFO ID wfo-0000193823
COL ID 6MVWT
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Synonyms

Indigofera monostachya Indigofera oroboides
WorldFloraDB 2024