Common name: Birdsville Indigo
Indigofera linnaei Ali APNI* Synonyms: Indigofera dominii H.Eichler APNI*
Indigofera enneaphylla L. APNI*
Description: Spreading or prostrate woody herb, 15–50 cm high with a long taproot.
Leaves up to 3 cm long; leaflets alternate, mostly 7 or 9, obovate, 8–15 mm long, 2–5 mm wide, apex mucronate; stipules lanceolate, c. 5 mm long with broad, scarious margins.
Inflorescences dense, to 2 cm long. Calyx covered with spreading, white hairs, teeth longer than the tube. Petals red.
Pod ± oblong, 3–7 mm long, pointed at apex, silky; seeds usually 2; endocarp not spotted.
Distribution and occurrence: Widespread, readily invades disturbed areas; northern districts.
NSW subdivisions: ?NC, NWP, NFWP
Other Australian states: Qld W.A. S.A. N.T.
Poisonous to horses; causes "Birdsville Disease".
Text by Peter G. Wilson
Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 2 (1991)
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