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Fabaceae
Australian Indigo
Indigofera australis
Resourcefulness and adaptability.
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Indigofera
- Native to
- Australia
- Bloom season
- Spring
- Type
- shrub
- Height
- 3-6 ft
- Sunlight
- full sun to part shade
- Soil
- well-drained, sandy to loamy
- Water
- low
- Hardiness
- 8-11
- Lifespan
- perennial
Did you know
- Despite its name suggesting dye use, Australian Indigo produces far less dye than its Asian relative Indigofera tinctoria.
- As a legume, it fixes nitrogen in the soil through symbiotic bacteria in its root nodules.
- Aboriginal Australians crushed the leaves and threw them into pools to stun fish for easy catching.
- The plant can regenerate quickly after bushfires by resprouting from its rootstock.
- Its graceful arching branches with feathery leaves make it one of the most attractive Australian native shrubs.
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