Indigofera suffruticosa |
Indigofera lindheimeriana |
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anil de pasto, Guatemalan indigo, indigobush |
Lindheimer's indigo |
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Habit | Herbs, perennial, strigose, hairs appressed, grayish silvery. | Herbs, perennial, suffrutescent, cinereous-pubescent, hairs silvery greenish, appressed or ascending. |
Stems | erect or ascending, many stems from ground, much-branched distally, stems angled, 5–20 dm. |
erect, several from rootstock, sparsely branched distally, 5–15 dm. |
Leaves | 6–11 cm; stipules narrowly triangular, attenuate, 5–6 mm; petiole 10–20 mm; stipels 0.5–1.5 mm; petiolules 0.5–1.5 mm; leaflets 9–17, opposite, blades elliptic or oblanceolate, 15–20(–40) × 5–10(–15) mm, base cuneate, apex acute, mucronate, surfaces strigose, abaxially sometimes glabrate. |
8.5–10.5 cm; stipules sometimes clusters of hairs, 0.5–2 mm; petiole 1–1.5 cm; stipels 0.5–1 mm; petiolules 0.5–1 mm; leaflets 7–15, opposite, blades obovate, narrowly or broadly oblanceolate, or elliptic, 8–16 × 4–8 mm, base cuneate, apex acute to obtuse, apiculate, surfaces densely pubescent. |
Racemes | 20–30+-flowered, dense, 3.5–5.5 cm. |
8–30+-flowered, lax, 5–12 cm. |
Peduncles | 0.5 cm. |
0.8–1.2 cm. |
Pedicels | 1 mm. |
1 mm. |
Flowers | 5–6 mm; calyx 1.5–2 mm, lobes deltate to lanceolate; corolla greenish yellow, orange, or purple-pink. |
6–8 mm; calyx 1.5–2 mm, lobes narrowly triangular; corolla reddish. |
Legumes | dark brown, reflexed, cylindric, strongly curved, 15–20 mm, leathery, base not bulbous or reddish, strigose to glabrate. |
brown, divergent or reflexed, cylindric, straight or slightly curved to falcate, 18–25 mm, leathery, base bulbous and reddish, cinereous-pubescent. |
Seeds | 4–6, reddish brown, cuboid. |
4–6, brown, cuboid. |
2n | = 16, 32. |
= 16. |
Indigofera suffruticosa |
Indigofera lindheimeriana |
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Phenology | Flowering year-round. | Flowering May–Sep. |
Habitat | Dry, sandy, open woodlands, along streams, abandoned fields, ruderal or agricultural areas. | River and creek bottoms or banks, dry beds, limestone, roadsides. |
Elevation | 0–300 m. (0–1000 ft.) | 200–1300 m. (700–4300 ft.) |
Distribution |
FL; GA; LA; MS; NC; SC; TX; Central America; South America (Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay) [Introduced in North America; introduced also in Asia, Africa, Pacific Islands, Australia]
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TX; Mexico (Coahuila, Nuevo León) |
Discussion | Indigofera suffruticosa is probably native to the New World tropics and subtropics. In the New World, it became a major source of blue dye. It was spread through cultivation to other regions of the world (P. C. Standley and J. A. Steyermark 1946). (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Indigofera lindheimeriana is found in the flora area in southwest Texas, from its eastern extent in Comal and Llano counties west to Brewster and Terrell counties. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 11. | FNA vol. 11. |
Parent taxa | Fabaceae > subfam. Faboideae > Indigofera | Fabaceae > subfam. Faboideae > Indigofera |
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Synonyms | I. anil | Anila lindheimeriana |
Name authority | Miller: Gard. Dict. ed. 8, Indigofera no. 2. (1768) | Scheele: Linnaea 21: 464. (1848) |
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