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Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Fabales

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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Indigofera hirsuta   FAMILY Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Indigofera hirsuta

SYNONYMOUS WITH Native & naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the US (Isely, 1998)

Indigofera hirsuta

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Southeastern States (Cronquist 1980, Isely 1990)

Indigofera hirsuta

 

COMMON NAME:
Hairy Indigo, Rough-hairy Indigo


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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Indigofera hirsuta   FAMILY Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Indigofera hirsuta

SYNONYMOUS WITH Native & naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the US (Isely, 1998)
Indigofera hirsuta

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Southeastern States (Cronquist 1980, Isely 1990)
Indigofera hirsuta

 

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4143

Subshrub; Forb
Annual

Habitat: Sandy disturbed areas, such as wildlife ‘food fields’, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: Old World tropics

Uncommon in GA Coastal Plain, rare in SC Coastal Plain (waifs in Piedmont)

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Invasive?

This plant may be causing problems in natural areas outside its native range, according to authorities such as:

 

LEAVES:
Odd-pinnately compound: 5-9 leaflets
Mostly alternate
Petioles 8-12mm long
Leaflets have petiolules.
Leaves are subtended by stipules.

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

Flowers in dense racemes

FRUIT:
Winter/Spring/Summer/Fall
Legume

 

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