Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Indigastrum niveum (Willd. ex Spreng.) Schrire & Callm. trib. Indigofereae |
Bibliography | Candollea 65: 363 (2010) |
Native Range | South Africa to Lesotho and Namibia |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Description | branchlets flexuous, leaves pinnate, leaflets 3-5, alternate, obovate or cuneate, obtuse, white sericeous, stipules subulate, racemes subsessile, few flowered |
Size | 10-15cm |
Color | rose |
Bloom | spring |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | sunny, dry, rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring after hot water treatment, germ. 1-3 months cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Indigastrum argyreum (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Schrire Indigofera argyracea Eckl. & Zeyh. Indigofera burchellii E.Mey. Indigofera collina Eckl. & Zeyh. Indigofera nivea Willd. ex Spreng. |
Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (CPP Cape Provinces, LES Lesotho, NAM Namibia, NAT KwaZulu-Natal, OFS Free State, TVL Northern Provinces) |