Indigofera pilosa Poir.

Softhairy indigo (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Indigofera

Characteristics

A spreading woody herb up to 8 in. high.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.2
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer rhizobia
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses animal food environmental use experimental purposes forage manure
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) 30 - 90
Germination temperacture (C°) 10
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment soaking
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Distribution

Indigofera pilosa world distribution map, present in Angola, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Sudan, Senegal, Chad, Togo, and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:499822-1
WFO ID wfo-0000194384
COL ID 3PMHQ
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN)
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Indigofera pilosa Hemispadon pilosus

Lower taxons

Indigofera pilosa var. pilosa