Hairy indigo
Indigofera hirsuta
Family: Fabaceae Genus: Indigofera Species: hirsuta
Synonyms: Indigofera rhodosantha, Indigofera fusca, Indigofera ferruginea, Hedysarum coccineum, Indigofera hirta, Indigofera hirsuta var. pumila, Anil hirsuta, Indigofera barbata
Hairy indigo (en)
Indigofera hirsuta — flower
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Indigofera hirsuta — flower
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Indigofera hirsuta — flower
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Indigofera hirsuta — flower
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Indigofera hirsuta — flower
Botanical Description
Flower: Color: purple; Conspicuous
Foliage: Color: green; Texture: fine
Fruit/Seed: Color: brown
Native Region: Angola, Assam, Bangladesh, Benin, Bismarck Archipelago, Bolivia, Borneo, Botswana, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Burkina, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Repu, Chad, China South-Central, China Southeast, Christmas I., Cocos (Keeling) Is., Comoros, Congo, Ecuador, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Free State, French Guiana, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Guyana, Hainan, India, Ivory Coast, Jawa, Kenya, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaya, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, New Guinea, New South Wales, Niger, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Peru, Philippines, Queensland, Réunion, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South China Sea, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sulawesi, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Uganda, Venezuela, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Western Australia, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe
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