Flora of North America species comparison

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Indigofera decora

Chinese indigo
Habit Shrubs, glabrous.
Stems

erect, arching, branched, 4–20 dm; rhizomatous.
Leaves

8–25 cm;

stipules early-deciduous, linear, 1–2 mm;

petiole 1–2.5 cm;

stipels 1.5 mm;

petiolules 1.5 mm;

leaflets 5–15[–23], usually opposite, rarely alternate or alternate proximally and opposite distally, blades ovate-lanceolate, ovate-oblong, or lanceolate, 20–75(–100) × 10–35 mm, base cuneate to broadly cuneate, apex usually acuminate, acute, rarely obtuse and mucronate, surfaces glabrous or pubescent.
Racemes

8–15-flowered, lax, 7–8.5 cm.
Peduncles

2–4 cm.
Pedicels

3 mm.
Flowers

12–18 mm;

calyx 2.5–3.5 mm, lobes triangular;

corolla usually light purple or pink, rarely white.
Legumes

brown, pendulous, cylindric, straight, 25–65(–80) mm, leathery, glabrous.
Seeds

7 or 8, brown, ellipsoidal.
2n

= 48.

Indigofera decora
Phenology Flowering Apr–Nov.
Habitat Sunny margins of pine-mixed hardwood forests.
Elevation 150–200 m. (500–700 ft.)
Distribution
from FNA
GA; Asia (China, Japan) [Introduced in North America; introduced also in Pacific Islands (New Zealand)]
[BONAP county map]
Discussion

Indigofera decora is cultivated as an ornamental shrub in the United States and elsewhere (M. A. Dirr 2011). It is known in the flora area only from populations in Greene County.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 11.
Parent taxa Fabaceae > subfam. Faboideae > Indigofera
Sibling taxa
I. caroliniana, I. colutea, I. hirsuta, I. kirilowii, I. lindheimeriana, I. miniata, I. oxycarpa, I. pilosa, I. sphaerocarpa, I. spicata, I. suffruticosa, I. texana, I. tinctoria
Name authority Lindley: J. Hort. Soc. London 1: 68. (1846)
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