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  2. Plants
  3. Vascular Plants
  4. Dicots
  5. Legumes, Milkworts, and Allies
  6. Legumes
  7. Indigofereae
  8. Indigos

genus

Indigos

Indigofera

Traits
Includes
2 native 3 introduced 6 present
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

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  • Scarlet Pea present
  • Creeping Indigo introduced
  • Australian Indigo
  • Hairy Indigo introduced
  • Shrubby Indigo native
  • Trailing Indigo present
  • True Indigo present
  • Carolina Indigo native
  • Cheery Indigo
  • Narrowleaf Indigo
  • Crown Indigo
  • Regret Indigo
  • Indigofera bungeana
  • Indigofera pseudotinctoria present
  • River Indigo
  • Lindheimer's Indigo present
  • Chinese Indigo introduced
  • Kirilow's Indigo
  • Threeleaf Indigo
  • Indigofera cordifolia
  • Karoo Indigo
  • Indigofera cryptantha
  • Indigofera venulosa
  • Rusty Indigo

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Key traits

Layer
Shrubs
Plant type
Annual Perennial Shrub Wildflower

From USDA PLANTS.

Top native indigos All

Native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.

  • Shrubby Indigo Indigofera suffruticosa caterpillars 7 food 1 flowers 3
  • Carolina Indigo Indigofera caroliniana caterpillars 5 flowers 1
  • Indigofera trita

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