Family: Fabaceae-Faboideae
Plant: A small, erect shrub up to 1-2m high.
Flowers: Pinkish-mauve to violet pea flower in axillary racemes 9-15cm long.
Flowering: August-September.
Fruit: Cylindrical pod, 2-4cm long.
Leaves: Soft, dull, grey-green pinnate leaves, 4-10cm long, with oblong to elliptic leaflets, 1-4cm long and 5-9mm wide – usually with 11-25 leaflets.
Habitat: Widespread in both wet- and dry-sclerophyll forest.
Features: Long spray of mauve to purple pea flowers. Soft pinnate leaves.
Name:
Indigofera from Latin = indigo-bearing (referring one of its genus, Indigofera tinctoria, being the source of indigo dye)
australis From Latin = southern
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Shrub |
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Flowers |
Form |
Irregular, Pea, Cluster |
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Colour(s) |
Mauve, Violet, Pink |
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Petal/Sepal No. |
4, 5 |
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Flowering Month |
8, 9 |
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Fruit |
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Pod |
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Colour |
Green, Brown |
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Other Features |
- |
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Leaves |
Arrangement |
Alternate |
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Type |
Compound |
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Shape |
Oval |
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Length |
Small |
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Margins |
Entire |
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Attachment |
Stalked |
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Other Features |
Soft |
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Bark |
- |
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Habitat |
Wet sclerophyll forest, |
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Dry sclerophyll forest |
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