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Indigofera

not marked as a favorite taxon *Indigofera spicata Forsskål. Common name: Trailing Indigo, Creeping Indigo. Phenology: Jan-Dec. Habitat: Dry, disturbed areas, hammocks, dunes. Distribution: Native of Africa. Reported for Camden County, GA (Carter, Baker, & Morris 2009) and Mobile County, AL (Barger et al. 2012).

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Origin/Endemic status: Subsaharan Africa

Taxonomy Comments: Plants referred to I. hendecaphylla in the southeastern United States are all (as far as is known) actually I. spicata; see Du Puy et al. (1993) and Franck (2018b) for explanation that there are two distinct species and the morphological differences separating them.

Synonymy ⓘ: = FNA11.1, K4, NS, POWO, Franck (2018b) in Weakley et al (2018a); = n/a — RAB; >< Indigofera hendecaphylla Jacq.; < Indigofera spicata Forssk. — SE3, WI, Isely (1998); > Indigofera spicata Forssk. Basionym: Indigofera spicata Forssk. 1775

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

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