OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Fabales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Indigofera caroliniana   FAMILY Fabaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Indigofera caroliniana   FAMILY Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Indigofera caroliniana

SYNONYMOUS WITH Native & naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the US (Isely, 1998)

Indigofera caroliniana

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-33-001:

Indigofera caroliniana   FAMILY Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Indigofera caroliniana

 

COMMON NAME:
Carolina Indigo, Wild Indigo


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image of Indigofera caroliniana, Carolina Indigo, Wild Indigo

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmicaroliniana_cabin2

June    Clarendon County    SC

Leaflets mostly obovate to oblanceolate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).


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image of Indigofera caroliniana, Carolina Indigo, Wild Indigo

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmicaroliniana_cabin3

June    Clarendon County    SC

Racemes pedunculate, axillary or terminal, w numerous loosely arranged flowers, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Indigofera caroliniana   FAMILY Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Indigofera caroliniana   FAMILY Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Indigofera caroliniana

SYNONYMOUS WITH Native & naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the US (Isely, 1998)
Indigofera caroliniana

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-33-001:
Indigofera caroliniana   FAMILY Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Indigofera caroliniana

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

2609

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills, Florida scrub, maritime forests, other sandy forests and woodlands, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in GA Coastal Plain (uncommon in Carolinas)

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LEAVES:
Odd-pinnately compound: 9-15 leaflets
Mostly alternate

FLOWER:
Summer
Pinkish/Yellowish-brown
Bilaterally symmetrical
5-lobed campanulate calyx
5-parted papilionaceous corolla
10 stamens, diadelphous, 9 and 1
Superior ovary

Flowers in racemes

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Legume

 

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