Flora of Standley ChasmGeorges Indigo MacDonnell Ranges Cycad
Georges Indigo (Indigofera georgei) also known as Bovine Indigo is a low bushy shrub, covered with short hairs. It also has been seen as an erect spindly shrub.
The leaf are a velvety blue-grey with up to 5-7 leaflets and hairy covering.
The flower are a red, pink, lilac or purple in colour, with the flower spike being between 5-25 cm long. It is usually found flowering between May to September. The calyx (which is the outermost whorl of a flower and is composed of sepals) is hairy with black and grey hairs.
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- Scientific classification
- Kingdom: Plantae
- Phylum: Charophyta
- Class: Equisetopsida
- Subclass: Magnoliidae
- Superorder: Rosanae
- Order: Fabales
- Family: Fabaceae
- Genus: Indigofera
- Species: Indigofera georgei
Flora of Standley ChasmGeorges Indigo MacDonnell Ranges Cycad
Standley ChasmFauna of Standley Chasm Flora of Standley Chasm
Northern TerritoryCentral Australia Aileron Alice Springs Binns Track Chambers Pillar Historical Reserve Ernest Giles Road Finke Gorge National Park Henbury Meteorites Conservation Reserve Hermannsburg Historic Precinct Ilparpa Claypans Karlu Karlu / Devils Marbles Conservation Reserve MacDonnell Ranges Mount Connor Newhaven Wildlife Sanctuary Owen Springs Reserve Red Centre Way Drive Standley Chasm Tnorala (Gosse Bluff) Conservation Reserve Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park Watarrka National Park & Kings Canyon Wurre / Rainbow Valley