Difference between revisions of "Indigofera hirsuta"
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==Description== | ==Description== | ||
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==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
==Ecology== | ==Ecology== | ||
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| − | ===Fire ecology=== <!--Fire tolerance, fire dependence, adaptive fire responses--> | + | <!--===Fire ecology===--> <!--Fire tolerance, fire dependence, adaptive fire responses--> |
===Pollination=== | ===Pollination=== | ||
The following Hymenoptera families and species were observed visiting flowers of ''Indigofera hirsuta'' at Archbold Biological Station (Deyrup 2015): | The following Hymenoptera families and species were observed visiting flowers of ''Indigofera hirsuta'' at Archbold Biological Station (Deyrup 2015): | ||
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Megachilidae: ''Anthidiellum notatum rufomaculatum, A. perplexum, Megachile albitarsis, M. brevis pseudobrevis, M. exilis parexilis, M. mendica, M. petulans'' | Megachilidae: ''Anthidiellum notatum rufomaculatum, A. perplexum, Megachile albitarsis, M. brevis pseudobrevis, M. exilis parexilis, M. mendica, M. petulans'' | ||
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==Conservation and Management== | ==Conservation and Management== | ||
==Cultivation and restoration== | ==Cultivation and restoration== | ||
Revision as of 14:56, 9 August 2016
| Indigofera hirsuta | |
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| Photo by Allen Boatman, Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants |
| Class: | Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae ⁄ Leguminosae |
| Genus: | Indigofera |
| Species: | I. hirsuta |
| Binomial name | |
| Indigofera hirsuta L. | |
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| Natural range of Indigofera hirsuta from USDA NRCS Plants Database. | |
Common name: hairy indigo
Contents
Description
Taxonomic notes
Distribution
Ecology
Pollination
The following Hymenoptera families and species were observed visiting flowers of Indigofera hirsuta at Archbold Biological Station (Deyrup 2015):
Megachilidae: Anthidiellum notatum rufomaculatum, A. perplexum, Megachile albitarsis, M. brevis pseudobrevis, M. exilis parexilis, M. mendica, M. petulans
Conservation and Management
Cultivation and restoration
Photo Gallery
References and notes
Deyrup, M.A. and N.D. 2015. Database of observations of Hymenoptera visitations to flowers of plants on Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA.
