NameThatPlant.net: Indigofera suffruticosa

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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Indigofera suffruticosa FAMILY Fabaceae Go to FSUS key

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SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Indigofera suffruticosa FAMILY Fabaceae

COMMON NAME:
West Indian Indigo

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Indigofera suffruticosa FAMILY Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Indigofera suffruticosa FAMILY Fabaceae

2177

Subshrub; Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Disturbed areas, dry sandy woodlands, formerly commonly cultivated; in NC, SC, and GA, formerly locally established as a weed in the period of its cultivation, but perhaps no longer present, per Weakley's Flora

Native: south Florida & New World tropics

Waif(s)

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LEAVES:
Deciduous
Odd-pinnately compound: 9-17 leaflets
Mostly alternate

FLOWER:
Winter/Spring/Summer/Fall
Red
Bilaterally symmetrical
5-parted papilionaceous corolla
10 stamens, diadelphous, 9 and 1
Superior ovary

Flowers in short, many-flowered racemes

FRUIT:
Winter/Spring/Summer/Fall
Legume

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