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Indigofera nummulariifolia

Indigofera nummulariifolia
Photo: Agnes, CC BY 4.0

Indigofera nummulariifolia is a small annual, perennial or subshrub in the pea family, native to tropical and southern Africa and India through to Taiwan. It is a wild species of seasonally dry tropical areas and is rarely grown as an ornamental.

Family
Fabaceae (Pea & bean family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun
Water
Water deeply but let the soil dry out between waterings; tolerates dry spells well once established.
Soil
Well-drained, sandy or loamy soil; tolerates poor, dry soils.
Temperature
18–35 °C; protect below 10 °C
How easy
Easy
Native range
Trop. & S. Africa, India to Taiwan
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

Indigofera nummulariifolia is a species of flowering plant from the genus Indigofera.

Other Indigofera plants

Tick Indigo · Pink Flowered Indigo · Indigofera ammobia · Natal indigo · Indigofera astragalina · Australian indigo · Basedow's Indigo · Indigofera candicans · Carolina indigo · Indigofera cassioides · Indigofera cordifolia · Chinese indigo

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Indigofera nummulariifolia 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.

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