Indigofera hirsuta
Diagnostic 4
"Annual erect herbs to 1 m tall, whole plant densely brown hirsute. Leaves imparipinnate; leaflets 5-11, opposite, 1-2 x 0.5-1 cm, elliptic-oblong or obovate, base rounded to attenuate, apex obtuse, hirsute on both sides; stipules 0.8-1 cm long, filiform, hairy. Flowers c. 5 mm long, in axillary many-flowered, 4-13 cm long, dense racemes. Calyx tube c. 1 mm long; lobes c. 4 mm long, subulate, hirsute. Petals brick-red; standard to 4 mm long, obovate, pubescent without. Ovary 2-3 mm long, cylindric, densely hairy; ovles many; style slightly curved; stigma capitate. Pods reflexed, 1-2 cm long, c. 2 mm wide, linear, subtetragonous, densely hirsute. Seeds 5-8, angular, pitted."
Sources and Credits
- (c) Ahmad Fuad Morad, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://www.flickr.com/photos/60706597@N07/6282109415
- (c) Pat Enright, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Pat Enright
- (c) Sara Piotter, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Sara Piotter
- (c) India Biodiversity Portal, some rights reserved (CC BY), http://eol.org/data_objects/26341583
More Info
- iNat taxon page
- African Plants - a photo guide
- Atlas of Living Australia
- Biodiversity Heritage Library
- BOLD Systems BIN search
- Catalogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia
- eFloras.org
- Flora of North America (beta)
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
- HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants
- IPNI (with links to POWO, WFO, and BHL)
- NatureServe Explorer 2.0
- SEINet Symbiota portals
- Tropicos
- USDA PLANTS database
- World Flora Online
