Indigofera astragalina DC.

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Vilankulo, Inhambane, Mozambique

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Synonyms:
Common names:	Silky indigo (English)
Frequency:
Status:	Native
Description:	Erect or spreading, often somewhat straggling annual herb, up to 1.5m tall. Stems covered with stiff brownish hairs. Leaves imparipinnate with 5-11 leaflets; leaflets up to 4 × 2.5 cm, hairy on both surfaces; petiole up to 2 cm long, hairy. Inflorescences axillary racemes with hairy peduncles up to 25 cm long. Flowers c. 1 cm long, pale pink, darker at the base of the standard. Pods somewhat 4-angled, 10-20 mm long and c. 3 mm wide, densely hairy.
Type location:	Senegal
Notes:	This species is similar to Indigofera hirsuta. See that species for differences.
Derivation of specific name:
Habitat:	In sandy soils or rocky areas in dry deciduous woodland, along roadsides, lake margins and in cultivated fields.
Altitude range: (metres)	15 - 1700 m
Flowering time:
Worldwide distribution:	Widespread in tropical Africa, Madagascar, Asia, New-Guinea and Australia. Introduced in the West-Indies.
FZ divisions:	Z,T,MS,GI,M
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Images last updated:	Tuesday 22 July 2014
Literature:	Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Page 161. Da Silva, M.C., Izidine, S. & Amude, A.B. (2004). A preliminary checklist of the vascular plants of Mozambique. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 30 Sabonet, Pretoria Page 69. Drummond, R.B. (1972). A list of Rhodesian Legumes. Kirkia 8(2) Page 221. Heath, A. & Heath, R. (2009). Field Guide to the Plants of Northern Botswana including the Okavango Delta Kew Publishing Page 130. (Includes a picture). Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 48. Schrire, B.D. (2012). Papilionoideae-Indigofereae Flora Zambesiaca 3(4) Pages 78 - 80. (Includes a picture). Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 67.

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