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Chinese Indigo

Indigofera decora

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Australia.January 7, February 6, March 2, April 0, May 1, June 0, July 0, August 0, September 0, October 6, November 13, December 3.
United States38
Australia38
New South Wales36
Georgia12
South Carolina12
China10
Zhejiang Province8
Mississippi5
Louisiana5
Japan3

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Group and habits

  • Shrub growth formListed by a harvested source as having a shrub or bush growth form.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
  • Perennial plantListed by a harvested source as having a perennial life duration.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
  • Nitrogen fixingDescends from a plant lineage commonly associated with nitrogen-fixing symbioses.Inferred from its group

Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumVascular Plants · Tracheophyta
ClassDicots · Magnoliopsida
OrderLegumes, Milkworts, and Allies · Fabales
FamilyLegumes · Fabaceae
GenusIndigos · Indigofera

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Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Chinese Indigo with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.