| Indigofera monophylla | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Faboideae |
| Genus: | Indigofera |
| Species: | I. monophylla |
| Binomial name | |
| Indigofera monophylla | |
Indigofera monophylla is a flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and grows in Western Australia and the Northern Territory. It is a small, spreading shrub with purplish red flowers.
Indigofera monophylla is a sparse shrub with hairy, ridged stems and simple alternate leaves 15–50 mm (0.59–1.97 in) long, entire leaf width 7–24 mm (0.28–0.94 in) wide. Corolla may be a single colour either purple or red or a combination, 8–9.7 mm (0.31–0.38 in) long, wings 6–7 mm (0.24–0.28 in) wide, keel 8–9.5 mm (0.31–0.37 in) wide and the calyx 2.6–3 mm (0.10–0.12 in) long. Flowering occurs from March to October and the fruit is a pod. [2]
Indigofera monophylla was first formally described in 1825 by Augustin Pyramus de Candolle and the description was published in Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis . [3] [4] The specific epithet (monophylla) means 'leaved'. [5]
This species of Indigofera grows in Western Australia and the Northern Territory. [6]