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Indigofera suffruticosa P. Miller. Common name: West Indian Indigo, Añil de Pasto. Phenology: (Jan-) Jul-Nov (-Dec). Habitat: Disturbed areas, dry sandy woodlands, formerly commonly cultivated; in NC, SC, and GA, formerly locally established as a weed in the period of its cultivation, but perhaps no longer present. Distribution: Native of the New World tropics and subtropics, including the Southeastern United States.

Origin/Endemic status: Native

Synonymy ⓘ: = Bah, Fl3, FNA11.1, K4, Mex, NS, POWO, S, SE3, Tx, WH3, Isely (1998); = n/a — RAB; ? Indigofera anil L. — S13. Basionym: Indigofera suffruticosa Mill. 1768

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

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Wetland Indicator Status:

  • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FACU
  • Great Plains: FAC

Heliophily ⓘ: 9

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