Indigofera nummulariifolia (L.) Livera ex Alston

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Indigofera

Characteristics

Herbs, perennial, prostrate. Stems with appressed medi­fixed symmetrically 2-branched trichomes. Stipules narrowly triangular, 2-2.5 × ca. 0.7 mm. Leaves simple; petiole 2-3 mm, pulvinate; leaf blade obovate-elliptic to obovate, 1-2 × 0.7-1 cm, both surfaces and vertically along margin with sparse ap­pressed medifixed trichomes, abaxially with many small dotlike glands, secondary veins 3-5 on each side of midvein, base cu­neate to broadly cuneate, apex obtuse to rounded and with a ca. 0.3 mm mucro. Racemes 1.5-2 cm; peduncle 1-1.8 cm; bracts narrowly triangular, 1.5-2 mm, not longer than buds. Pedicel 0.5-1 mm. Calyx tube ca. 1 mm; teeth narrowly triangular, 1.5-2 mm. Corolla standard broadly ovate, ca. 3 × 1.5 mm, outside hairy; wings very narrow, ca. 2.5 × 0.8 mm, glabrous; keel ca. 3.5 × 1 mm, glabrous, lateral spur small, broad, and obtuse. Stamens 2-2.5 mm; anthers ca. 0.1 × 0.1 mm. Ovary 2-2.5 mm, hairy, with 1 or 2 ovules. Legume falcate, ca. 7 × 4 mm, adaxial margin echinate near suture; endocarp not blotched. Seeds 1 per legume, reddish brown, ovoid, flattened, ca. 0.3 × 1.8 mm. Fl. Oct, fr. Oct-Nov. 2n = 16.
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Prostrate or erect annual, occasionally rooting at the nodes.. Stem often flattened, sparsely strigulose.. Leaves simple; stipules ± subulate, 2–3 mm. long; petiole 1–2 mm. long; blade elliptic to broadly lanceolate, 2–4 cm. long, 1.5–2.5 cm. wide, sometimes with a cartilaginous margin less than 0.1 mm. wide, obscurely gland-dotted beneath, appressed-strigulose above (in Flora area) and beneath, the hairs at the margin set at right-angles to it and rather larger than the others.. Racemes 10–15-flowered, 3–4 cm. long, including a peduncle of 1–1.5 cm.; pedicels reflexed, ± 1 mm. long.. Calyx ±2.5 mm. long; lobes several times as long as the tube.. Corolla pointed in the bud, strigulose outside, hardly longer than the calyx, very caducous.. Stamens 2–3 mm. long.. Ovary 2-ovulate, 1 ovule usually much reduced.. Pod indehiscent, brown, falcate, triquetrous, ± 7 mm. long, 4 mm. wide and 4 mm. thick, the 2 lower angles beset with stiff ± hooked spines, 1 (rarely–2)-seeded.. Fig. 35/12.
Life form
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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OctNovDec
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OctNovDec
Nitrogen fixer rhizobia
Photosynthetic pathway c3

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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses animal food environmental use forage
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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 nummulariifolia world distribution map, present in Angola, Burkina Faso, Central African Republic, China, Côte d'Ivoire, Cameroon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, India, Kenya, Cambodia, Sri Lanka, Madagascar, Mali, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Sudan, Senegal, Somalia, Chad, Togo, Thailand, Taiwan, Province of China, Tanzania, United Republic of, Viet Nam, Zambia, and Zimbabwe

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:499732-1
WFO ID wfo-0000194005
COL ID 3PMF6
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 637515
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Synonyms

Indigofera echinata Hedysarum nummulariifolium Indigofera nummularifolia Acanthonotus echinatus Hedysarum erinaceum Hedysarum rotundifolium Onobrychis cuneifolia Onobrychis rotundifolia Hedysarum nummularifolium Indigofera nummulariifolia Hedysarum nummulariifolium var. styracifolium