Indigofera sootepensis Craib

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Indigofera

Characteristics

Shrubs, to 2 m tall. Stems with dense appressed brown 2-branched trichomes with equally long arms. Stipules narrowly triangular, 7-10 mm, caducous. Leaves 7-10 cm, 13-19-folio­late; petiole and rachis with appressed brown 2-branched tri­chomes; petiole 1-2 cm; stipels narrowly triangular, ca. 2 mm; leaflet blades oblong to elliptic, 1.8-2.2 × 0.9-1.1 cm, both surfaces with appressed 2-branched trichomes, base rounded, apex obtuse and mucronate. Racemes 4-8 cm; bracts narrowly triangular, ca. 4 mm, longer than buds. Pedicel ca. 1.5 mm. Ca­lyx with appressed brown trichomes; tube ca. 2 mm; teeth broadly triangular, ca. 0.5 mm. Corolla red; standard narrowly elliptic, 1.4-1.6 × 0.5-0.6 cm, outside with appressed stiff brown 2-branched trichomes, apex acute; wings narrowly ellip­tic, 1-1.1 cm × ca. 2 mm, margin apically ciliate, apex hairy; keel 1.8-2 cm × ca. 3 mm, margin apically ciliate, apex long acute and hairy. Stamens 1.3-1.6 cm; anthers ellipsoid, gla­brous. Ovary glabrous. Legume ca. 4.5 cm × 5 mm, sparsely strigose with appressed trichomes; endocarp blotched. Seeds 8-11 per legume, brown, ellipsoid.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
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Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 2.0
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Nitrogen fixer rhizobia
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

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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 sootepensis world distribution map, present in China, Cambodia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Thailand, and Viet Nam

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:500014-1
WFO ID wfo-0000200266
COL ID 6N7WM
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Synonyms

Indigofera sootepensis

Lower taxons

Indigofera sootepensis subsp. sootepensis Indigofera sootepensis subsp. acutifolia