Indigo
Indigofera tinctoria
Fabaceae
Growth habit
Sub-Shrub
Perennation
Cultivated as annual
Native distribution
Exact Native Range Unknown
Biocultural value
Leaves yield various shades of blue dye on wool, cotton and silk.
Location
Source of plant
Pinetree Garden Seeds
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.
USDA Hardiness Zone
10
Special characteristics
other ethnobotanical uses, tender perennial