Indigofera venusta Eckl. & Zeyh.

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Indigofera

Characteristics

Herbaceous, slender, minutely strigillose; branches terete; leaves on long petioles, trifoliolate; leaflets of the lower leaves short and obovate, of the medial and upper linear-lanceolate or linear, acute; stipules subulate-attenuate, erect; racemes subspicate, on long peduncles; bracts ovato-cuspidate, enwrapping the flower-buds, deciduous; calyx-segments setaceo-subulate; petals glabrescent; legumes (unripe) strigoso-canescent, pendulous.
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Erect to prostrate, resprouting shrublet, 0.2-1.5 m. Leaves digitately 3-foliolate, leaflets obovate to linear-lanceolate, shortly hairy; stipules lanceolate to attenuate. Flowers in racemes on robust peduncles, red, purple or pink, bracts ovate-cuspidate, enclosing flower buds.
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Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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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 venusta world distribution map, present in South Africa

Conservation status

Indigofera venusta threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:500165-1
WFO ID wfo-0000196172
COL ID 3PMSN
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Synonyms

Indigofera venusta