Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Indigofera sanguinea N.E.Br. |
Bibliography | Man. Pl. Transvaal [J.Burtt Davy] 2: 370 (1932) |
Native Range | Mosambique to Southern Africa |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | stony grassland |
Description | stems ramose, adpressed hirsute, leaves petiolate, imparipinnate, leaflets elliptic, to 1cm, cuneate, entire, flowers numerous in raceme, pod to 4cm |
Size | 8-30cm |
Color | pale red, orange |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
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 |
Territory | 2 Africa 26 South Tropical Africa (MOZ Mozambique) 27 Southern Africa (NAT KwaZulu-Natal, OFS Free State, SWZ Swaziland, TVL Northern Provinces) |