Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Indigofera quinquefolia E.Mey. trib. Indigofereae |
Bibliography | Comm. Pl. Afr. Austr.: 98 (1836) |
Native Range | w. Cape Prov. |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | thickets and steppes |
Description | leaves shortly petiolate, palmately 5-pinnate, leaflets cuneate-oblong, revolute, subterete, adaxially canaliculate, mucronate, raceme shortly pedunculate, few flowered |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | purple |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny site with a deep, drained soil alpine house, rich, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring after hot water treatment, germ. 1-3 months cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Anil quinquefolia (E.Mey.) Kuntze |
Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (CPP Cape Provinces) |