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Indigofera australis
Also called Austral Indigo
Australian indigo is a small, spreading native shrub from eastern and southern Australia, grown for its showy pinkish-lilac flowers and blue-green foliage. It tolerates a range of conditions, and its main limitation is that it can become invasive outside its native range.
Indigofera australis commonly known as Australian indigo or Austral indigo, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae. It is a small spreading shrub with bluish green leaves, pink-lilac flowers and grows in Tasmania and mainland Australia with the exception of the Northern Territory.
A very common and widespread species in Australia, Indigofera australis grows in a variety of different habitats, mainly open woodland and eucalypt forest, but also in desert and in the margins of rainforest. It is widespread in southern Australia from the southeastern Western Australia to northeastern Queensland.
The attractive flowers, and the plants adaptability to grow in different situations make it suitable as an ornamental plant in Australia. However, it may become invasive.
Pink Flowered Indigo · Natal indigo · Indigofera cassioides · Indigofera cordifolia · Trailing indigo · Himalayan Indigo · Indigofera himalayensis · Roughhairy indigo · Indigofera howellii · Kirilow's indigo · Narrowleaf Indigo · Indigofera pendula
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Indigofera australis by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
