Indigofera reticulata Franch.

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Indigofera

Characteristics

Subshrubs, sometimes prostrate, 10-30 cm tall, branching from base. Young branches slender, angular, with appressed brown medifixed symmetrically 2-branched trichomes. Stipules linear, 3-4 mm. Leaves 2-6 cm, 5-13-foliolate; petiole and ra­chis hairy; petiole 4-11 mm; rachis terete, adaxially grooved; stipels ca. 1 mm; petiolules ca. 1 mm; leaflet blades opposite, oblong to elliptic, 5-17 × 3-7 mm, papery, both surfaces with white and brown appressed medifixed trichomes, midvein adax­ially prominent, secondary veins 5 or 6 on each side of midvein and obvious, base rounded to subcordate, apex obtuse to emar­ginate and mucronate. Racemes 2-4 cm; peduncle 4-5 mm, hairy; bracts linear, ca. 2 mm. Pedicel 2-3 mm. Calyx ca. 3 mm, outside hairy; teeth lanceolate-subulate, as long as tube. Corolla purple; standard broadly ovate, 6-7 mm, outside hairy, apex rounded; wings 7-9 mm, margin ciliate; keel as long as wings, outside hairy, apically tapering and acute. Stamens 4-5 mm, much shorter than petals; anthers ovoid, base with a few trichomes. Ovary glabrous. Legume cylindric, 1-2 cm, with ap­pressed medifixed trichomes; endocarp blotched. Seeds rufous brown, ellipsoid, 1.5-2 mm. Fl. May-Jul, fr. Sep-Dec.
Life form perennial
Growth form
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Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.1 - 0.3
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Nitrogen fixer rhizobia
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Hardiness (USDA) 6-11

Usage

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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 reticulata world distribution map, present in China and Thailand

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:499909-1
WFO ID wfo-0000197538
COL ID 3PMKS
BDTFX ID -
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Synonyms

Indigofera reticulata Indigofera craibiana Indigofera craibiana