Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Indigofera glomerata E.Mey. trib. Indigofereae |
Bibliography | Linnaea 7: 166 (1832) |
Native Range | w. Cape Prov. |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Description | lanate-pilose, leaves densely imbricate, shortly petiolate, ternate, leaflets minute, obovate-oblong, mucronate, bracts aristate-subulate, raceme sessile, few flowered |
Size | 15-25cm |
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 glomerata (E.Mey.) Kuntze Indigofera nivea E.Mey. Indigofera villosa Berg. ex Walp. |
Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (CPP Cape Provinces) |