Herbs, perennial, suffrutescent, cinereous-pubescent, hairs sil­very greenish, appressed or ascending. Stems erect, sev­eral from rootstock, sparsely branched distally, 5–15 dm. Leaves 8.5–10.5 cm; stipules sometimes clusters of hairs, 0.5–2 mm; petiole 1–1.5 cm; stipels 0.5–1 mm; petiolules 0.5–1 mm; leaflets 7–15, opposite, blades obovate, narrowly or broadly oblan­ceolate, or elliptic, 8–16 × 4–8 mm, base cuneate, apex acute to obtuse, apiculate, surfaces densely pubescent. Peduncles 0.8–1.2 cm. Racemes 8–30+-flowered, lax, 5–12 cm. Pedicels 1 mm. Flowers 6–8 mm; calyx 1.5–2 mm, lobes narrowly triangular; corolla reddish. Legumes brown, divergent or reflexed, cylindric, straight or slightly curved to falcate, 18–25 mm, leathery, base bulbous and reddish, cinereous-pubescent. Seeds 4–6, brown, cuboid. 2n = 16.

Phenology: Flowering May–Sep.
Habitat: River and creek bottoms or banks, dry beds, limestone, roadsides.
Elevation: 200–1300 m.

Distribution

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Tex., Mexico (Coahuila, Nuevo León).

Discussion

Indigofera lindheimeriana is found in the flora area in southwest Texas, from its eastern extent in Comal and Llano counties west to Brewster and Terrell counties.

Selected References

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Lower Taxa

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