Indigofera decora

Plant Characteristics

Cultivation

Scientific Names

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Read about Indigofera decora in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Indigofera decora, Lindl. Weak-growing or even half-climbing shrub, the branches slender and red-tinged: lfts. in 6-8 pairs, broad-lanceolate, usually dropping, sharp- pointed: racemes long, with showy rose-pink fls. about 1 in. long; standard oblong, nearly or quite obtuse, with a heart-like mark near the base; wings linear-lanceolate or spatulate, ciliate. China. B.R. 32:22. B.M. 5063. G.M. 31:591. P.M. 16:290.—Regarded as a greenhouse plant and cult, in the open far S. Var. alba (Fig. 1956), with white fls., is a hardy herbaceous or half-shrubby plant at the Arnold Arboretum, Boston. G.F. 7, pp. 266, 376; fig. 61, p. 375 (adapted in Fig. 1956). The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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References

• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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