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Indigofera pilosa

softhairy indigo
Habit Herbs, annual, pilose, hairs appressed or spreading.
Stems

erect to spreading or ascending-spreading, branched, wiry, 3–7 dm.
Leaves

1.5–3.5 cm;

stipules subulate, 3–5 mm;

petiole 0.5–1 cm;

stipels absent;

petiolules 1 mm;

leaflets 1 (proximal leaves) or 3 (distal leaves), opposite, blades broadly to narrowly elliptic, 5–45 × 3–15 mm, terminal leaflet 2–3 times larger than laterals, base cuneate, apex acute, short-mucronate, surfaces sericeous, hairs spreading, one arm much longer than other.
Racemes

1–3-flowered, lax, 1–2 cm.
Peduncles

filiform, 0.5–1.5 cm.
Pedicels

1.5 mm.
Flowers

5 mm;

calyx 2–3 mm, lobes linear-subulate;

corolla salmon reddish.
Legumes

brown, spreading to strongly ascending, cylindric, straight, 15–22 mm, leathery, hirsute, glandular.
Seeds

3–6, yellowish brown, cuboid.
2n

= 32.

Indigofera pilosa
Phenology Flowering Aug–Oct.
Habitat Disturbed, ruderal areas.
Elevation 0–10 m. (0–0 ft.)
Distribution
from FNA
FL; Africa [Introduced in North America]
[BONAP county map]
Discussion

In the flora area, Indigofera pilosa is found only in central peninsular Florida.

(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. decora, I. hirsuta, I. kirilowii, I. lindheimeriana, I. miniata, I. oxycarpa, I. sphaerocarpa, I. spicata, I. suffruticosa, I. texana, I. tinctoria
Name authority Poiret in J. Lamarck et al.: Encycl., suppl. 3: 151. (1813)
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