Native Plants
Digital Herbaria
Indigofera lindheimeriana
Indigofera lindheimeriana Scheele
Lindheimer's Indigo
Fabaceae (Pea Family)
USDA Symbol: INLIUSDA Native Status: L48 (N)
Specimen & Label Data
Indigofera lindheimeriana
Lindheimer Indigo
Fabaceae
Location: 880 Military Drive on Canyon Lake IslandLatitude: 0.000000
Habitat: Plentiful on dry, rocky hillside.
Description: Perennial shrub to 3.5 dm tall, many stems from base. Branching upper half of plant. Leaves once pinnately, odd compound to 15 leaflets, strigose both surfaces, not glandular; 10 stamens, 9 fused. Inflorescence a raceme. Individual flowers 4 mm; coral pod 15-20 mm long, red and rounded.
County: Comal
Collector: Mary Beth White
Collection Date: Jun 11, 1995
Specimen number: 221
Herbarium Owner: NPSOT
Herbarium ID: 1055
Accession Date: Aug 22, 1995
Accession Number: 86
Annotations: SCFXC (In flower)