Plants of South Eastern New South Wales

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Indigofera coronillifolia

Common name

An indigo

Family

Fabaceae

Where found

Usually on ridges or rocky hillsides. Tablelands and Western Slopes north of Yass.

Notes

Spindly shrub to 1.5 m high. Young stems hairy. Leaves alternating up the stems, compound, 4–8.5 cm long; leaflets mostly 19–35, 0.4–1.3 cm long, 3.5–7 mm wide, tips notched. Flowers pea shaped, with 5 petals, 2 joined together to form the keel. Petals pink to deep pink. Flower clusters 5-12 cm long.

PlantNET description with photos:  http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Indigofera~coronillifolia   (accessed 21 January, 2021)