Indigo

Indigofera tinctoria
Fabaceae

Growth Habit

Sub-Shrub

Description

Deciduous sub-shrub, 1.5-2m. Leaflets to 22mm in 4-7 pairs, obovate, hairy beneath. Racemes slender, ascending, shorter than leaves; standard pale red to rose, wings and keel of a somewhat deeper blue.

Source of plant

Pinetree Garden Seeds

USDA Hardiness Zone

10

Special characteristics

other ethnobotanical uses, tender perennial