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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Indigofera hirsuta
FAMILY
Fabaceae
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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
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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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
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- New Invaders of the Southeast (Rawlins et al., 2018) p047
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p034
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p195
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