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Diverse Indigo

Indigofera heterophylla

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 South Africa.January 24, February 22, March 40, April 64, May 79, June 51, July 146, August 385, September 591, October 342, November 153, December 63.
South Africa1,960
Western Cape1,835
Eastern Cape125

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

Traits

Group and habits

  • 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

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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