Indigofera gypsacea Thulin

M. Thulin et al. Flora of Somalia, Vol. 1-4 [updated 2008] https://plants.jstor.org/collection/FLOS

Type

S1, 50 km on road between Garbaharrey and Luuq, Thulin & Bashir Mohamed 6943 (UPS holo., FT K MOG iso.)

Morphology General Habit

Perennial prostrate herb, appressed strigose

Morphology Leaves

Leaves pinnately 3-foliolate; rhachis up to 35 mm long including a petiole of up to 27 mm; leaflets narrowly elliptic to obovate or suborbicular, obtuse to rounded at the apex, 10–32 x 5–19 mm

Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences

Racemes up to 5(–7) cm long including a peduncle of up to 2.5 cm, equalling or somewhat exceeding the leaves

Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx

Calyx c. 2 mm long; lobes subulate, longer than the tube

Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla

Standard obovate, c. 3.5–4 mm long, strigose outside, persistent

Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens

Stamens c. 3–3.5 mm long

Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits

Pod reflexed, straight, shortly acute, with a continuous to interrupted lateral ridge, 6–12 x 2.4–3 mm, strigose, 2–3-seeded.

Distribution

C1; S1; E Ethiopia

Ecology

Altitude range 140–200 m.

Vernacular

Darga (Somali).

Note

I. gypsacea is in Somalia known only from near Ceelbuur in C1 and near Luuq in S1. The plants from near Luuq are more robust with larger leaves and usually proportionally wider leaflets than those from near Ceelbuur.