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Nature Photography by Paul Rebmann
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Indigofera suffruticosa
ANIL DE PASTO
INDIGO
Not native to Florida
Native to Asia, this small srub or herb grows to 2 meters tall in disturbed sandhills and dry, open hammocks of the Florida peninsula, mostly along the east coast, but also in Putnam, Lake, Hillsborough and Pinellas Counties. The current range includes Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, the Carolinas, Hawaii, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.
The curved fruits help identify this species of indigo. Alternate leaves are pinately compound with 7-15 mostly elliptic leaflets.
The small flowers are in spikelike clusters growing from the leaf axils.
Indigofera suffruticosa is a member of the Fabaceae - Pea family.
Other species of this genus in the Wild Florida Photo database:
View Indigofera spicata - TRAILING INDIGO
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Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants (Institute for Systemic Botany) profile for this species
USDA Plant Profile for this species
Date record last modified:
Jul 09, 2005