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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Indigofera tinctoria
FAMILY
Fabaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Indigofera tinctoria
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Indigofera tinctoria
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Indigofera tinctoria
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Indigofera tinctoria
SYNONYMOUS WITH Native & naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the US (Isely, 1998)
Indigofera tinctoria
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Indigofera tinctoria
COMMON NAME:
African Indigo, True Indigo
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Indigofera tinctoria
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Indigofera tinctoria
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Indigofera tinctoria
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Indigofera tinctoria
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Indigofera tinctoria
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Native & naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the US (Isely, 1998)
Indigofera tinctoria
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Indigofera tinctoria
4926
Subshrub; Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Formerly commonly cultivated, locally established as a weed at that time, perhaps no longer present in northern parts of our area, but persistent as a weed in southern Florida, per Weakley's Flora
Non-native: Africa
Waif(s)
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LEAVES:
Deciduous to semi-evergreen
Odd-pinnately compound: 9-15 leaflets
Mostly alternate
FLOWER:
Winter/Spring/Summer/Fall
Pink to violet
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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