Indigofera flavicans Baker

Selected images: Click on each image to see a larger version and details of the record View all images (22)

Photo: Sune Holt
Vilankulo, Inhambane, Mozambique

Detailed records: Display species records QDS maps by: Google Maps Point records by Google Maps

Species details: Click on each item to see an explanation of that item (Note: opens a new window)

Synonyms:	Indigofera diphylla sensu Eyles non Vent.
Common names:
Frequency:
Status:	Native
Description:	Spreading perennial herb with prostrate stems. Leaves 1-3-foliolate, often 2-foliolate with terminal leaflet broadly oblong-elliptic to obovate, 14-70 mm long, covered in whitish hairs. Flowers in dense axillary racemes, up to 7 cm long, rarely longer. Flowers carmine-pink. Pod spreading or reflexed, 6-12 mm long, constricted at intervals, densely greyish hairy, with an upcurved apical beak.
Notes:
Derivation of specific name:
Habitat:	In open places, in sandy soils.
Altitude range:	10 - 1500 m
Flowering time:
Worldwide distribution:	Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Angola, Namibia and Limpopo, North-West, Free State, Northern Cape, South Africa.
Mozambique distribution:	T,MS,GI,M
Growth form(s):
Endemic status:
Red data list status:
Insects associated with this species:
Spot characters:	Display spot characters for this species
Content last updated:	Saturday 26 July 2014
Literature:	Chapano, C. & Mugarisanwa, N.H. (2003). Plants of the Matobo District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 21. Da Silva, M.C., Izidine, S. & Amude, A.B. (2004). A preliminary checklist of the vascular plants of Mozambique. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 30 Sabonet, Pretoria Page 69. Drummond, R.B. (1972). A list of Rhodesian Legumes. Kirkia 8(2) Page 221. Heath, A. & Heath, R. (2009). Field Guide to the Plants of Northern Botswana including the Okavango Delta Kew Publishing Page 170. (Includes a picture). Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 48. Pickering, H. & Roe, E. (2009). Wild Flowers of the Victoria Falls Area Helen Pickering, London Page 74. (Includes a picture). Schrire, B.D. (2012). Papilionoideae-Indigofereae Flora Zambesiaca 3(4) Pages 57 - 58. Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 67. Timberlake, J.R. & Childes, S.L. (2004). Biodiversity of the Four Corners Area: Technical Reviews Volume Two (Chapter 5-15) Appendix 5-1: Plant Checklist Occasional Publications in Biodiversity 15 Page 212.

Other sources of information about Indigofera flavicans:

Our websites:

Flora of Botswana: Indigofera flavicans
Flora of Caprivi: Indigofera flavicans
Flora of Zambia: Indigofera flavicans
Flora of Zimbabwe: Indigofera flavicans

External websites:

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Indigofera flavicans
African Plant Database: Indigofera flavicans
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Indigofera flavicans
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Indigofera flavicans
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Indigofera flavicans
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Indigofera flavicans
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Indigofera flavicans
JSTOR Plant Science: Indigofera flavicans
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Indigofera flavicans
Plants of the World Online: Indigofera flavicans
Tropicos: Indigofera flavicans
Wikipedia: Indigofera flavicans