Indigofera ramulosissima Hosok.

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Indigofera

Characteristics

Shrubs, dwarf, many branched. Stems rigid, slightly angu­lar, with appressed white medifixed symmetrically 2-branched trichomes. Stipules spiculate, minute. Leaves 1-3 cm, 7-folio­late; petiole and rachis with appressed white medifixed tri­chomes; petiole ca. 8 mm; rachis terete; stipels minute, bristle­like; leaflet blades opposite, obovate, 3-8 × 2-3 mm, both sur­faces with appressed medifixed trichomes but abaxially denser, secondary veins not visible, base broadly cuneate to rounded, apex obtuse and mucronate. Racemes 1.3-2.5 cm, laxly flow­ered; peduncle ca. 5 mm; bracts ca. 1 mm. Pedicel 1-1.5 mm, hairy, spreading or reflexed in fruit. Calyx 2-3 mm, with ap­pressed gray trichomes; teeth triangular, as long as tube. Corolla standard broadly obovate, ca. 3.5 × 3 mm, outside hairy; wings oblong, ca. 3.2 mm, margin ciliate; keel obovate, ca. 3.5 mm. Stamens 3-4 mm; anthers ovoid. Ovary linear, glabrous. Leg­ume linear, cylindric, ca. 1.5 cm. Seeds 4-6 per legume, reni­form, ca. 2 mm. Fl. Jun-Nov, fr. Aug-Dec.
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Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Nitrogen fixer rhizobia
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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 ramulosissima world distribution map, present in China and Taiwan, Province of China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:499898-1
WFO ID wfo-0000197579
COL ID 3PMKK
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Synonyms

Indigofera ramulosissima