Narrow leaved indigo
Indigofera linifolia, Fam. Fabaceae
Prostrate or spreading, perennial herb, 10-30 (50) cm high, with taproot. Young stems ridged, green, strigose with dense, appressed, equally biramous hairs.
| Weed Category: | |
| Weed: | No |
| Form or habit: | Herb |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Leaf: | Leaves simple, with no apparent articulation, stipules triangular, 1-3mm long, pubescent, not persistent, petiole 0.5-1mm long. Lamina linear or narrowly lanceolate to narrowly oblanceolate, mostly 10-35 x 1-3mm. Green to grey green, with moderately dense or dense hairs, apex acute and shortly mucronate, veins not prominent. |
| Flower conspicuous: | Conspicuous |
| Flower colour: |
Red |
| Flower description: | Red flowers with dense, grey, appressed hairs on the calyx. Ovary densely hairy. Inflorescences shorter than leaves, usually to15mm long. |
| Fruit conspicuous: | Conspicuous |
| Fruit colour: |
Grey, White |
| Fruit: | |
| Fruit description: | Globular pod, 2-3mm long, covered with white or grey appressed hairs, apex shortly beaked and endocarp usually not spotted. Containing one seed. |
| Habitat: | Grassland, woodland. |
| Distribution | Queensland, New South Wales, Northern Territory, South Australia, Western Australia., New Guinea, Malesia, Asia, Africa. |
| Food source for: | |
| Toxicity: | No toxicity known |
| Origin: | Australia., New Guinea, Malesia, Asia, Africa. |
| Notes: | |
| Information sources: | Atlas of Living Australia (2022) Indigofera linifolia (L.f.) Retz., PlantNET (2022) Indigofera linifolia (L.f.) Retz. FloraOnline. |
