Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Indigofera leptocarpa Eckl. & Zeyh. trib. Indigofereae |
Bibliography | Enum. Pl. Afric. Austral.: 236 (1836) |
Native Range | e. Cape Prov. |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Description | thinly strigose, branchlets flexuous, leaves shortly petiolate, ternate, leaflets linear, acute, stipules minute, dentate, flowers few in lax, shortly pedunculate raceme |
Size | 15-20cm |
Color | purple |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
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 | Anil leptocarpa (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Kuntze Indigofera thesioides Jarvie & C.H.Stirt |
Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (CPP Cape Provinces) |