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Fabaceae
Indigofera

not marked as a favorite taxon *Indigofera hirsuta Linnaeus. Common name: Hairy Indigo. Phenology: Jan-Dec. Habitat: Sandy disturbed areas, utility rights-of-way, wildlife ‘food fields’. Distribution: Native of the Old World tropics. First reported for SC by Nelson & Kelly (1997). Also known from other scattered locations in the Southeast, such as s. MS (S.W. Leonard, 2006, pers.comm.), AL (Diamond & Woods 2009), and VA (Cheterfield County) (Wright et al. 2023).

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Origin/Endemic status: Paleotropics

Synonymy ⓘ: = Fl3, FNA11.1, K4, NS, POWO, SE3, WH3, Isely (1998); = n/a — RAB, Va. Basionym: Indigofera hirsuta L. 1753

Links to other floras: = Indigofera hirsuta - FNA11.1

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image #1 of Indigofera hirsuta© Mary Keim, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA) source CC-BY-NC-SA, permission granted to NCBG | Original Image ⭷
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image #3 of Indigofera hirsuta© Leila Dasher, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Leila Dasher source CC-BY | Original Image ⭷
image #4 of Indigofera hirsuta© Joshua Doby, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Joshua Doby source CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG | Original Image ⭷
image #5 of Indigofera hirsuta© Aidan Campos source | Original Image ⭷
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image #7 of Indigofera hirsuta© Janet Wright, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Janet Wright source CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG | Original Image ⭷
image #8 of Indigofera hirsuta© Aidan Campos source | Original Image ⭷
image #9 of Indigofera hirsuta© Janet Wright, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Janet Wright source CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG | Original Image ⭷
image #10 of Indigofera hirsuta© Joshua Doby, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Joshua Doby source CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG | Original Image ⭷
image #11 of Indigofera hirsuta© Janet Wright, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Janet Wright source CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG | Original Image ⭷
image #12 of Indigofera hirsuta© Leila Dasher, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Leila Dasher source CC-BY | Original Image ⭷
image #13 of Indigofera hirsuta© Leila Dasher, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Leila Dasher source CC-BY | Original Image ⭷
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image #15 of Indigofera hirsuta© Greg Tasney, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), uploaded by Greg Tasney source CC-BY-SA | Original Image ⭷
image #16 of Indigofera hirsuta© Aidan Campos source
image #17 of Indigofera hirsuta© Janet Wright, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Janet Wright source CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG | Original Image ⭷

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