Indigofera hirsuta

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Overview

Interesting Facts

Common Names

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Description

Genus Indigofera

Shrubs or herbs, generally pubescent , hairs medifixed appressed , sometimes mixed with basifixed hairs. Leaves pinnate or imparipinnate or palmately trifoliolate or unifoliolate or simple ; leaflets entire; stipules present. Inflorescence an axillary raceme or spike or solitary axillary. Bract generally caducous , bracteoles absent. Calyx lobes or teeth subequal or lowermost longer . Vexillum sessile or clawed. Wing slightly cohering with the keel. Keel gibbous on each side and often spurred . Stamens 9+1, diadelphous , anthers uniform , apiculate . Ovary with numerous or 1 to 2 ovules, style glabrous , stigma capitate, often penicillate . Fruit linear or globose , terete , 4-3-seeded or compressed ; septate between the seeds. Seeds globose to cylindric , truncate , compressed or quadrate .

A genus with more than 300 species, widely distributed in tropics and subtropics of both New and Old Worlds, with centre of distribution in Tropical Africa. In Pakistan it is represented by 24 species.[1]

Physical Description

Biology

Reproduction

Duration: Annual • Coppice Potential: No • Progagated by Bulbs: No • Propagated by Bare Root: No • Propagated by Container: No • Propagated by Corms: No • Propagated by Cuttings: No • Propagated by Seed: Yes • Propagated by Sod: No • Propagated by Sprigs: No • Propagated by Tubers: No • Fruit/Seed Period Begin: Fall • Fruit/Seed Period End: Winter • Fruit/Seed Persistence: Yes

Growth

Culture: Space 6-9" apart.

Soil: Adapted to Medium Textured: Adapted to Medium Textured Soils • Adapted to Coarse Textured Soils: No • Anaerobic Tolerance: None • Salinity Tolerance: Low • CaCO3 Tolerance: None • Minimum pH: 6.0 • Maximum pH: 6.9 • Fertility Requirement: Low

Sunlight: Sun Exposure: Full Sun . • Shade Tolerance: Intolerant

Moisture: Drought Tolerance: Medium • Minimum Precipitation: 30 • Maximum Precipitation: 60 • Moisture Use: Medium

Temperature: Minimum Temperature (F): 17 • Minimum Frost Free Days: 110 • Cold Hardiness: 8b, 9a, 9b, 10a, 10b, 11. (map)

Taxonomy

Synonyms

Anila hirsuta (L.) Kuntze • Anila hirsuta (L.)kuntze • Indigofera astragalina Dc. • Indigofera ferruginea Schum. & Thonn. • Indigofera fusca G. Don • Indigofera hirsuta var. pumila Baker • Indigofera hirta Bojer • Indigofera indica Mill.

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Comment: Climbing : Not climbing, Conservation Status: Not Threatened, Habit: Herb, Habit: Shrub , Lifespan: Annual , Lifespan: Perennial

Last scrutiny: Oct-1994

Similar Species

Members of the genus Indigofera

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 43 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:

I. amblyantha (Pink-Flower Indigo) · I. ammoxylum (Bois De Rose) · I. arrecta (Bengal Indigo) · I. aspalathoides (Wiry Indigo) · I. astragalina (Hairy Indigo) · I. australis (Austral Indigo) · I. campestris (Creeping Indigo) · I. caroliniana (Carolina Indigo) · I. coerulea (Indigotier Sauvage) · I. coerulea var. coerulea (Surat Indigo) · I. colutea (Rusty Indigo) · I. decora (Chinese Indigo) · I. eriocarpa (Indigofera) · I. glandulosa (Befari) · I. glandulosa var. glandulosa (Befari) · I. guatemalensis (Guatemalan Indigo) · I. hendecaphylla (Trailing Indigo) · I. heterantha (Himalayan Indigo) · I. hirsuta (Hairy Indigo) · I. kirilowii (Chinese Indigo) · I. leucotricha (Silver Indigo) · I. lindheimeriana (Lindheimer's Indigo) · I. linnaei (Birdsville Indigo) · I. longiracemosa (Manga) · I. miniata (Coast Indigo) · I. mysorensis (Mysore Panicled Indigo) · I. pendula (Weeping Shrub) · I. pilosa (Softhairy Indigo) · I. potaninii (Pink-Flower Indigo) · I. pseudotinctoria (Dwarf False Indigo) · I. pseudotinctoria 'Rose Carpet' (Dwarf False Indigo) · I. sphaerocarpa (Sonoran Indigo) · I. spicata (Creeping Indigo) · I. stachyodes (Long Spiked Indigo) · I. stenosepala (Maroampofotra) · I. suffruticosa (Akouveli) · I. suffruticosa suffruticosa (Akouveli) · I. tinctoria (Chinese Indigo) · I. tinctoria arcuata (Indian Indigo) · I. tinctoria tinctoria (Digo) · I. trifoliata (Threeleaf Indigo) · I. trita (Frijolillo) · I. zollingeriana (Zollinger's Indigo)

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Notes

Contributors

• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 11, 2012.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 22, 2007:

• Australian National Herbarium
• , Australian National Herbarium
• Botanical Research Institute of Texas, Andes to Amazon Biodiversity Program
• Herbarium of the University of Aarhus, The AAU Herbarium Database
• Herbier de la Guyane, Herbier de la Guyane
• Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad
• , Biodiversidad de Costa Rica
• International Plant Genetic Resources Institute(IPGRI), The System-wide Information Network for Genetic Resources
• Missouri Botanical Garden, Missouri Botanical Garden
• National Herbarium of New South Wales, Plants of Papua New Guinea
• SysTax, Herbarium Universitat Ulm
• SysTax, SysTax
• Taiwan Biodiversity Information Facility, Magnoliophyta
• USDA PLANTS, USDA PLANTS Database
• University of Alabama Biodiversity and Systematics, Herbarium

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2650934
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ILD-2524
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13636504
• Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:72482-3
• GRIN Nomen Number: 20017
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 26741
• Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: PDFAB22040
• U.S.D.A. Plant Symbol: INHI
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 44044

Footnotes

1. "Indigofera". in Flora of Pakistan Page 65. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]

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