Indigofera amblyantha
subsp. var. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() |
|
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Describe the plant here...
Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture |
---|
Indigofera amblyantha, Craib. Upright shrub, 3-6 ft.: young branchlets angled, whitish from appressed hairs: lvs. petioled, 4-6 in. long; lfts. usually opposite, oval to elliptic-oblong, broadly cuneate at the base, rounded and mucronate at the apex, bright green above, glaucescent beneath, appressed-pubescent on both sides, ½ - 1 ½ in. long: fls. in axillary slender racemes with the peduncle 2 ½ -4 in. long, very numerous, pink, small, in. long; petals narrow, of nearly equal length; standard spatulate-obovate, upright, incurved at the apex; calyx appressed-pubescent; ovary densely whitish pubescent: pod linear, with both sutures thickened, pubescent, 1 1/2-2 in. long. July-Oct. Cent. China.— A handsome shrub with its numerous dense racemes of small pink flowers blooming all summer and autumn. Hardy at Arnold Arboretum. Prop, by cuttings, and by seeds which are freely produced.
|
Cultivation
Propagation
Pests and diseases
Varieties
Gallery
-
photo 1
-
photo 2
-
photo 3
References
- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
External links
- w:Indigofera amblyantha. Some of the material on this page may be from Wikipedia, under the Creative Commons license.
- Indigofera amblyantha QR Code (Size 50, 100, 200, 500)