Indigofera caroliniana

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Species Distribution Map
Family:FABACEAE
Species:Indigofera caroliniana Mill.
Common Name:Carolina Indigo; Wild Indigo
Habitat:**
Associated Ecological Communities:**
Growth Habit:Herb
Duration:Perennial
Category:Vascular
USDA Symbol:INCA
Plant Notes:Carolina Indigo is a native herbaceous perennial in the Bean family (Fabaceae). It can be found in the southern half of Alabama. Carolina Indigo occurs in sand hills, in sandy scrub oak forests, in dry longleaf pine woods, and on roadsides. It is an erect, bushy perennial that grows to 4 feet in height. Plants often form clumps of up to 15 stems from a single hardened root crown. The stems are pubescent, green when young and tan-brown when older. Leaves are alternate, petiolate, odd-pinnate with 9-15 leaflets. The leaflets are obovate to oblanceolate in outline, entire, and pubescent on both surfaces. The lower surface of the leaf is lighter in color than the upper. Foliage and stems produce an unpleasant odor when crushed. Flowers are produced in axillary racemes. The racemes are longer than the subtending leaves with loosely spaced flowers. Individual flowers are small, papilionaceous, pinkish or reddish in color, often with yellowish-green markings. The fruit is a 1-3 seeded indehiscent legume.—A. Diamond
Taxonomic Notes:**
Status:Native
References:**
Specimen: View specimen details in the Alabama Herbarium Consortium Specimen Database

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Classification

FamilyFABACEAE - Pea/Bean family
Genus Indigofera
Species Indigofera caroliniana Mill. - Carolina Indigo; Wild Indigo

Citation

Citation Indigofera caroliniana Miller, Gard. Dict. (ed. 8) Indigofera no. 3. 1768.
Basionym: **
Type: USA: SOUTH CAROLINA:

** Not applicable or data not available.

Synonyms

SynonymFull CitationBasionymType
Anila caroliniana Anila caroliniana Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 939. 1891.Indigofera carolinianaWalter 1788, non Miller 1768. 
Indigofera caroliniana Indigofera caroliniana Walter, Fl. Carol. 187. 1788, non Miller 1768. SOUTH CAROLINA:
Indigofera disperma Pithecellobium disperma Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. 12. 3: 232. 1768. Without data (lectotype: Trew, Pl. Select. t. 55. 1759). Lectotypified by Lievens, in Turland & C. E. Jarvis, Taxon 46: 473. 1997.

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort; choose a county or herbaria to filter the specimen data.

Counties included on distribution map: Baldwin, Barbour, Bullock, Clarke, Coffee, Conecuh, Crenshaw, Dale, Dallas, Henry, Jackson, Macon, Mobile, Montgomery, Pike, Russell, Wilcox

Counties represented by specimen data listed below:

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: ALNHS, AUA, TROY, UNA, USAM, UWAL

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1970 - 1998

Barcode / Accession No. County Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.		 Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used		 Image
AUA000021909 Pike 15 Jul 1975 Crawford, Lloyd C.
 AUA
Indigofera Caroliniana P. Mill.
UWAL0016689 Henry 27 Jul 2014 Diamond, Alvin R.
25385		 UWAL
Indigofera caroliniana Miller
AUA000021908 Pike 26 Jun 1987 Diamond, Alvin R.
3376		 AUA
Indigofera Caroliniana P. Mill.
UWAL0049172 Bullock 30 Jul 2016 Horne, Howard E.
3456		 UWAL
Indigofera caroliniana P. Miller
UNA00016958 Pike 28 Jun 1970 Kral, Robert
39799		 UNA
Indigofera caroliniana P. Mill.
TROY000005198 Montgomery 12 Aug 2004 Diamond, Alvin R.
14598		 TROY
Indigofera caroliniana Miller
UWAL0043965 Baldwin 24 May 2003 West, Chan
1218		 UWAL
Indigofera caroliniana Mill.
USAM000006435 Baldwin 09 Sep 1967 LeLong, Michel G.
3731		 USAM
Indigofera caroliniana Miller
AUA000021905 Dale 19 Jul 1989 Diamond, Alvin R.
5965		 AUA
Indigofera Caroliniana P. Mill.
UWAL0012046 Dallas 15 Jun 2012 Keener, Brian R.
7331		 UWAL
Indigofera caroliniana Miller
TROY000034295 Wilcox 12 Jul 2009 Keener, Brian R.
5505		 TROY
Indigofera caroliniana Miller
AUA000021906 Macon 2 Jul 1976 Botts, Daniel A.
202		 AUA
Indigofera Caroliniana P. Mill.
AUA000021907 Montgomery 12 Aug 2004 Diamond, Alvin R.
14598		 AUA
Indigofera Caroliniana P. Mill.
TROY000039240 Henry 27 Jul 2014 Diamond, Alvin R.
25385		 TROY
Indigofera caroliniana Miller
UNA00016960 Mobile _ Jul _ Mohr, Charles
s.n.		 UNA
Indigofera caroliniana P. Mill.
TROY000038509 Dallas 15 Jun 2012 Keener, Brian R.
7331		 TROY
Indigofera caroliniana Miller
TROY000031687 Montgomery 13 Jun 2010 Diamond, Alvin R.
21408		 TROY
Indigofera caroliniana Miller
TROY000032393 Conecuh 10 Jul 2011 Diamond, Alvin R.
22333		 TROY
Indigofera caoliniana Miller
AUA000021910 Montgomery 10 Jul 1996 Botts, Daniel A.
10395		 AUA
Indigofera Caroliniana P. Mill.
UWAL0031783 Coffee 16 Aug 1987 Kral, Robert
74345		 UWAL
Indigofera caroliniana Miller
UNA00045936 Barbour 27 May 1998 MacDonald, John R.
11291		 UNA
Indigofera caroliniana P. Mill.
UWAL0006877 Montgomery 08 Sep 2009 Diamond, Alvin R.
20923		 UWAL
Indigofera caroliniana P. Mill.
TROY000036076 Bullock 07 Jun 2012 Dykes, Bailee
864		 TROY
Indigofera caroliniana Miller
TROY000005193 Bullock 08 Aug 2002 Diamond, Alvin R.
13516		 TROY
Indigofera caroliniana Miller
ALNHS00004903 Bullock 01 Jun 2017 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#3210		 ALNHS
Indigofera caroliniana P. Mill.
UWAL0006878 Wilcox 12 Jul 2009 Keener, Brian R.
5505		 UWAL
Indigofera caroliniana P. Mill.
AUA000021901 Bullock 31 Jul 1988 Diamond, Alvin R.
5342		 AUA
Indigofera Caroliniana P. Mill.
AUA000021903 Coffee 27 Jul 1989 Diamond, Alvin R.
6173		 AUA
Indigofera Caroliniana P. Mill.
TROY000005199 Montgomery 03 Jul 2001 Diamond, Alvin R.
12473		 TROY
Indigofera caroliniana Miller
UNA00016959 Henry 29 Jun 1970 Kral, Robert
39846		 UNA
Indigofera caroliniana P. Mill.
ALNHS00005750 Bullock 21 Jun 2016 Barger, T. Wayne
WLE-1		 ALNHS
Indigofera caroliniana P. Mill.
UWAL0043966 Baldwin 23 Aug 2001 Larsen, Harry S.
898		 UWAL
Indigofera caroliniana Mill.
USAM000006434 Baldwin 08 Jul 1967 LeLong, Michel G.
4101		 USAM
Indigofera caroliniana Miller
TROY000005195 Dale 13 Jul 1997 Rundell, Hannelore
302		 TROY
Indigofera caroliniana Miller
TROY000005196 Dale 27 Jun 2000 Pennington, Tiffany
820		 TROY
Indigofera caroliniana Miller
AUA000021902 Bullock 5 Sep 1988 Diamond, Alvin R.
5465		 AUA
Indigofera Caroliniana P. Mill.
USAM000006436 Jackson 24 Jun 1974 LeLong, Michel G.
7952		 USAM
Indigofera caroliniana Miller
TROY000005194 Coffee 04 Sep 2000 Martin, Brian H.
942		 TROY
Indigofera caroliniana Miller
TROY000005200 Pike 03 Jul 2000 Hall, James A.
56		 TROY
Indigofera caroliniana Miller
AUA000021904 Crenshaw 23 Aug 1998 Diamond, Alvin R.
11379		 AUA
Indigofera Caroliniana P. Mill.
UWAL0015485 Clarke 24 Sep 2014 Webb, Wayne K.
s.n.		 UWAL
Indigofera caroliniana P. Mill.
UNA00062944 Montgomery 12 Aug 2004 Diamond, Alvin R.
14598		 UNA
Indigofera caroliniana P. Mill.
UWAL0001711 Montgomery 13 Jun 2010 Diamond, Alvin R.
21408		 UWAL
Indigofera caroliniana P. Mill.
UWAL0014798 Bullock 07 Jun 2012 Dykes, Bailee
864		 UWAL
Indigofera caroliniana Miller
TROY000005197 Henry 26 May 1999 MacDonald, John R.
12880		 TROY
Indigofera caroliniana Miller
TROY000005201 Russell 19 Jun 1978 Kral, Robert
62074		 TROY
Indigofera caroliniana Miller
TROY000041797 Clarke 24 Sep 2014 Webb, Wayne K.
s.n.		 TROY
Indigofera caroliniana Miller
USAM000006437 Pike 28 Jun 1970 Kral, Robert
39799		 USAM
Indigofera caroliniana Miller
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