Indigofera psammophila Peter G.Wilson APNI* Synonyms: Indigofera brevidens var. brevidens sensu Jacobs & Pickard (1981) Benth. APNI*
Description: Perennial herb or subshrub to 0.5 m high; young stems and leaves grey with fine, appressed hairs.
Leaves 3–6 cm long; leaflets 5–15, obovate to cuneate, 3–15 mm long, 1.5–7 mm wide, obtuse, mucronate; stipules narrow-triangular to linear, 1–2 mm long.
Inflorescences loose, up to 25 cm long. Calyx grey-pubescent, to 3 mm long, the teeth shorter than or equal to the tube. Petals pink, rarely reddish.
Pods terete, 20–30 mm long, white-pubescent; seeds several, endocarp spotted.
Distribution and occurrence: Widespread on deep sand, chiefly north and west of Mt Hope; also recorded at Narrabri in 1899 (NWP).
NSW subdivisions: NWP, SWP, NFWP
Other Australian states: Qld W.A. S.A. N.T.
Text by Peter G. Wilson
Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 2 (1991)
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