Indigofera sarmentosa L.F.

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Indigofera

Characteristics

Diffuse, wiry, sprawling reseeding shrublet to 20 cm. Leaves pinnately 3-5-foliolate, subsessile, leaflets oblong-elliptic to obovate, thinly hairy, midrib sunken above, prominent below, margins sometimes revolute, < 11 mm. Flowers in racemes on thread-like peduncles > twice as long as leaves, pink or magenta, back of standard petal hairy. Pods glabrous, spreading.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Nitrogen fixer rhizobia
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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 sarmentosa world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:499951-1
WFO ID wfo-0000195023
COL ID 3PMLT
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Synonyms

Lotus fruticosus Ononis filiformis Indigofera sarmentosa Lotus exstipularis Lotus filiformis Indigofera microphylla Cytisus filiformis Indigofera psilocarpa Indigofera sarmentosa var. microphylla