Indigofera adesmiifolia

A.Gray Tick Indigo
U.S. Expl. Exped., Phan. 1: 405 (1854)
Taxonomic status Accepted
Occurrence status Present
Origin Native
Degree of establishment Native
Threat status
FFG: Endangered (EN)

Shrub to c. 1.5 m tall. Leaves to c. 6.5 cm long; rachis flattened, 0.5–2.5 mm wide; leaflets usually 11–19, obovate to obcordate, 1–5 mm long, 1–3 mm wide, obtuse to emarginate; stipules triangular, to c. 1 mm long. Inflorescences 2.5–5.5 cm long; peduncle to c. 1 cm long. Flowers 5–20; pedicels c. 2 mm long; bract triangular, c. 0.5 mm long, brown; calyx 2–2.5 mm long, appressed-hairy, teeth shorter than tube, unequal; corolla rose pink, standard suborbicular, c. 6 mm across, more or less sessile; wings falcate; keel c. as long as wings. Pod linear-terete, 15–35 mm long, sparsely hairy; seeds more or less cubic, c. 2 mm long, black or brownish. Flowers Sep.–Nov.

MuM, VRiv, NIS, HNF. Also Qld, NSW. Rare and confined to drier hill country in the north-east of the State.

Source:

Jeanes, J.A. (1996). Fabaceae. In: Walsh, N.G.; Entwisle, T.J., ‍Flora of Victoria Vol. 3, Dicotyledons Winteraceae to Myrtaceae‍, pp. 663–829. Inkata Press, Melbourne.

Updated by: Val Stajsic, 13 Feb. 2019
Indigofera adesmiifolia (hero image) Spinning
Indigofera adesmiifolia (distribution map) Spinning