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Common Name: Carolina indigo
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Revision as of 14:09, 2 July 2015

Indigofera caroliniana
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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
Class: Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae ⁄ Leguminosae
Genus: Indigofera
Species: I. caroliniana
Binomial name
Indigofera caroliniana
Mill.
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Natural range of Indigofera caroliniana from USDA NRCS Plants Database.

Description

Common Name: Carolina indigo

Distribution

Ecology

Habitat

Phenology

Seed dispersal

Seed bank and germination

Fire ecology

Pollination

Mark Deyrup at Archbold Biological Station observed these Hymenoptera species on Indigofera caroliniana

Halictidae: Lasioglossum placidensis

Megachilidae: Anthidiellum perplexus

Use by animals

Deyrup observed these bees, Anthidiellum notatuin rufimaculatum, A. perplexum,Megachile albitarsis on I. caroliniana.[1]

Diseases and parasites

Conservation and Management

Cultivation and restoration

Photo Gallery

References and notes

  1. Deyrup, M. J. E., and Beth Norden (2002). "The diversity and floral hosts of bees at the Archbold Biological Station, Florida (Hymenoptera: Apoidea)." Insecta mundi 16(1-3).