PLANTS Profile for Indigofera hirsuta (roughhairy indigo)

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Indigofera hirsuta L.
roughhairy indigo

Symbol:

INHI

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Fabaceae

Duration:

Annual

Growth Habit:

Subshrub
Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		I
PR		I

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Steve Hurst. Provided by ARS Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory. Australia, Brisbane. Usage Requirements.

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Indigofera hirsuta L.

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Distribution:
Indigofera hirsuta L.


View Native Status

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (AL, FL, GA, SC), USA+ (PR)

Related Taxa:
Indigofera hirsuta L.

View 236 genera in Fabaceae, 38 species in Indigofera

Classification:
Indigofera hirsuta L.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Rosidae
Order	Fabales
Family	Fabaceae – Pea family
Genus	Indigofera L. – indigo
Species	Indigofera hirsuta L. – roughhairy indigo

Introduced Information:
Indigofera hirsuta L.

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants.

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More Accounts and Images:
Indigofera hirsuta L.

View species account, photographs, and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 26741.

Time Generated: 10/04/2008 03:50 AM MDT