Indigofera georgei
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| George's indigo | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Faboideae |
| Genus: | Indigofera |
| Species: | I. georgei |
| Binomial name | |
| Indigofera georgei | |
Indigofera georgei commonly known as George's indigo[2] or bovine indigo[3] is a flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and grows in Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia and the Northern Territory. It has greyish green leaves and mauve to red flowers.
Indigofera georgei is a decumbent or upright broom-like shrub with woody, ribbed stems covered in whitish woolly hairs. Leaves are 3-7 leaflets, alternate, 10–18 mm (0.39–0.71 in) long, 4–8 mm (0.16–0.31 in) wide and rounded at the apex. Flowers are mauve to red, pea-like and borne in spikes. Flowering occurs from May to September and the fruit is a linear pod, 2–35 mm (0.079–1.378 in) long, 2–3 mm (0.079–0.118 in) wide and covered in white hairs.[2][3]