Creeping indigo

Indigofera spicata

family

Fabaceae

origin

Exotic

declaration

NIL

NIL

For information only

Common names

Creeping indigo, Indigo, Indigo bush, Lawn indigo, Trailing indigo.

A short-lived herbaceous plant with creeping or scrambling stems. Its alternately arranged leaves are once-compound with 5-11 leaflets these oblong leaflets (5-25 mm long) have hairless or sparsely hairy upper surfaces and densely hairy undersides. Its small pink or pinkish-orange pea-shaped flowers (4-5 mm long) are arranged in elongated clusters up to 10 cm long its narrow cylindrical pods (15-25 mm long) are borne in a backwards facing position.

Leaf arrangement:Compound
Leaf form:Alternate
Pink
Green

Impact

Impact

1

Location

Location

Characteristics

Characteristics

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