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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Indigofera caroliniana
FAMILY
Fabaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Indigofera caroliniana
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Indigofera caroliniana
SYNONYMOUS WITH Native & naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the US (Isely, 1998)
Indigofera caroliniana
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-33-001:
Indigofera caroliniana FAMILY Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Indigofera caroliniana
COMMON NAME:
Carolina Indigo, Wild Indigo
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmicaroliniana_cabin2
June Clarendon County SC
Leaflets mostly obovate to oblanceolate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
COMPARE
pinnately compound leaves of forbs
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmicaroliniana_cabin3
June Clarendon County SC
Racemes pedunculate, axillary or terminal, w numerous loosely arranged flowers, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Indigofera caroliniana
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Indigofera caroliniana
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Indigofera caroliniana
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Native & naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the US (Isely, 1998)
Indigofera caroliniana
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-33-001:
Indigofera caroliniana
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Indigofera caroliniana
2609
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills, Florida scrub, maritime forests, other sandy forests and woodlands, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in GA Coastal Plain (uncommon in Carolinas)
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LEAVES:
Odd-pinnately compound: 9-15 leaflets
Mostly alternate
FLOWER:
Summer
Pinkish/Yellowish-brown
Bilaterally symmetrical
5-lobed campanulate calyx
5-parted papilionaceous corolla
10 stamens, diadelphous, 9 and 1
Superior ovary
Flowers in racemes
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Legume
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