Himalayan Indigo
Indigofera heterantha
Fabaceae
Other names
Indigo Bush
Growth habit
Shrub
Perennation
Long-lived polycarpic perennial
Native distribution
NW Himalaya
Source of plant
Western Maine Nurseries
Description
Deciduous shrub to 2.5m. Branches somewhat ridged, stout, downy, the branching pattern sparse or closely divaricate, varying with climate. Leaves 5-10cm, leaflets 10-16mm, 12-21, obovate or oval, apex rounded or notched with a setaceous tip, grey downy throughout, somewhat glaucous. Flowers 13mm, 24 or more in densely packed, erect, terminal racemes 7-15cm long; pedicels short; calyx pubescent, lobes lanceolate; corolla pale pink, rosy purple or crimson. Fruit 30-50x3mm, cylindric; seeds 6-10.
USDA Hardiness Zone
7