Vasilis Teodoridis:
Fabaceae | Indigofera
67. Indigofera lenticellata Craib; Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh. 8: 56. 1913.
???? min gu mu lan
Shrubs; erect; to 1.2 m tall. Stems purplish brown; branches terete; with rufous lenticels; with appressed white medifixed symmetrically 2-branched trichomes. Stipules triangular; ca. 1.5 mm. Leaves 1-3 cm; 5-9-foliolate; petiole and rachis with dense appressed white mixed brown medifixed trichomes; petiole 2-7 mm; stipels minute; petiolules ca. 0.5 mm; leaflet blades opposite; elliptic to obovate; 3-7 x 2-5 mm; both surfaces with white and brown appressed medifixed trichomes; abaxially with denser trichomes; secondary veins not visible; base rounded to broadly cuneate; apex rounded to truncate and mucronate. Racemes 2.5-4 cm; peduncle 3-10 mm; longer than petioles; bracts ovate; ca. 1.5 mm; caducous. Pedicel ca. 1 mm; reflexed in fruit. Calyx hairy; tube ca. 1 mm; teeth as long as tube. Corolla red; standard broadly elliptic; ca. 7 x 4-4.5 mm; outside hairy; wings and keel ca. 7 mm. Stamens 5-6.5 mm. Legume dark purple; cylindric; 1.2-3 cm; with sparse appressed medifixed trichomes. Fl. May-Jul; fr. Sep-Oct.
? Sunny slopes; valleys; thickets; 1500-3900 m. Sichuan; E Xizang; NW Yunnan.
See the note under the preceding species; Indigofera calcicola.
Vasilis Teodoridis:
Fabaceae | Indigofera
67. Indigofera lenticellata Craib; Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh. 8: 56. 1913.
???? min gu mu lan
Shrubs; erect; to 1.2 m tall. Stems purplish brown; branches terete; with rufous lenticels; with appressed white medifixed symmetrically 2-branched trichomes. Stipules triangular; ca. 1.5 mm. Leaves 1-3 cm; 5-9-foliolate; petiole and rachis with dense appressed white mixed brown medifixed trichomes; petiole 2-7 mm; stipels minute; petiolules ca. 0.5 mm; leaflet blades opposite; elliptic to obovate; 3-7 x 2-5 mm; both surfaces with white and brown appressed medifixed trichomes; abaxially with denser trichomes; secondary veins not visible; base rounded to broadly cuneate; apex rounded to truncate and mucronate. Racemes 2.5-4 cm; peduncle 3-10 mm; longer than petioles; bracts ovate; ca. 1.5 mm; caducous. Pedicel ca. 1 mm; reflexed in fruit. Calyx hairy; tube ca. 1 mm; teeth as long as tube. Corolla red; standard broadly elliptic; ca. 7 x 4-4.5 mm; outside hairy; wings and keel ca. 7 mm. Stamens 5-6.5 mm. Legume dark purple; cylindric; 1.2-3 cm; with sparse appressed medifixed trichomes. Fl. May-Jul; fr. Sep-Oct.
? Sunny slopes; valleys; thickets; 1500-3900 m. Sichuan; E Xizang; NW Yunnan.
See the note under the preceding species; Indigofera calcicola.
Vasilis Teodoridis:
Fabaceae | Indigofera
67. Indigofera lenticellata Craib; Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh. 8: 56. 1913.
???? min gu mu lan
Shrubs; erect; to 1.2 m tall. Stems purplish brown; branches terete; with rufous lenticels; with appressed white medifixed symmetrically 2-branched trichomes. Stipules triangular; ca. 1.5 mm. Leaves 1-3 cm; 5-9-foliolate; petiole and rachis with dense appressed white mixed brown medifixed trichomes; petiole 2-7 mm; stipels minute; petiolules ca. 0.5 mm; leaflet blades opposite; elliptic to obovate; 3-7 x 2-5 mm; both surfaces with white and brown appressed medifixed trichomes; abaxially with denser trichomes; secondary veins not visible; base rounded to broadly cuneate; apex rounded to truncate and mucronate. Racemes 2.5-4 cm; peduncle 3-10 mm; longer than petioles; bracts ovate; ca. 1.5 mm; caducous. Pedicel ca. 1 mm; reflexed in fruit. Calyx hairy; tube ca. 1 mm; teeth as long as tube. Corolla red; standard broadly elliptic; ca. 7 x 4-4.5 mm; outside hairy; wings and keel ca. 7 mm. Stamens 5-6.5 mm. Legume dark purple; cylindric; 1.2-3 cm; with sparse appressed medifixed trichomes. Fl. May-Jul; fr. Sep-Oct.
? Sunny slopes; valleys; thickets; 1500-3900 m. Sichuan; E Xizang; NW Yunnan.
Vasilis Teodoridis:
Fabaceae | Indigofera
67. Indigofera lenticellata Craib; Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh. 8: 56. 1913.
???? min gu mu lan
Shrubs; erect; to 1.2 m tall. Stems purplish brown; branches terete; with rufous lenticels; with appressed white medifixed symmetrically 2-branched trichomes. Stipules triangular; ca. 1.5 mm. Leaves 1-3 cm; 5-9-foliolate; petiole and rachis with dense appressed white mixed brown medifixed trichomes; petiole 2-7 mm; stipels minute; petiolules ca. 0.5 mm; leaflet blades opposite; elliptic to obovate; 3-7 x 2-5 mm; both surfaces with white and brown appressed medifixed trichomes; abaxially with denser trichomes; secondary veins not visible; base rounded to broadly cuneate; apex rounded to truncate and mucronate. Racemes 2.5-4 cm; peduncle 3-10 mm; longer than petioles; bracts ovate; ca. 1.5 mm; caducous. Pedicel ca. 1 mm; reflexed in fruit. Calyx hairy; tube ca. 1 mm; teeth as long as tube. Corolla red; standard broadly elliptic; ca. 7 x 4-4.5 mm; outside hairy; wings and keel ca. 7 mm. Stamens 5-6.5 mm. Legume dark purple; cylindric; 1.2-3 cm; with sparse appressed medifixed trichomes. Fl. May-Jul; fr. Sep-Oct.
? Sunny slopes; valleys; thickets; 1500-3900 m. Sichuan; E Xizang; NW Yunnan.
Vasilis Teodoridis:
Fabaceae | Indigofera
67. Indigofera lenticellata Craib; Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh. 8: 56. 1913.
???? min gu mu lan
Shrubs; erect; to 1.2 m tall. Stems purplish brown; branches terete; with rufous lenticels; with appressed white medifixed symmetrically 2-branched trichomes. Stipules triangular; ca. 1.5 mm. Leaves 1-3 cm; 5-9-foliolate; petiole and rachis with dense appressed white mixed brown medifixed trichomes; petiole 2-7 mm; stipels minute; petiolules ca. 0.5 mm; leaflet blades opposite; elliptic to obovate; 3-7 x 2-5 mm; both surfaces with white and brown appressed medifixed trichomes; abaxially with denser trichomes; secondary veins not visible; base rounded to broadly cuneate; apex rounded to truncate and mucronate. Racemes 2.5-4 cm; peduncle 3-10 mm; longer than petioles; bracts ovate; ca. 1.5 mm; caducous. Pedicel ca. 1 mm; reflexed in fruit. Calyx hairy; tube ca. 1 mm; teeth as long as tube. Corolla red; standard broadly elliptic; ca. 7 x 4-4.5 mm; outside hairy; wings and keel ca. 7 mm. Stamens 5-6.5 mm. Legume dark purple; cylindric; 1.2-3 cm; with sparse appressed medifixed trichomes. Fl. May-Jul; fr. Sep-Oct.
? Sunny slopes; valleys; thickets; 1500-3900 m. Sichuan; E Xizang; NW Yunnan.
Vasilis Teodoridis:
Fabaceae | Indigofera
67. Indigofera lenticellata Craib; Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh. 8: 56. 1913.
???? min gu mu lan
Shrubs; erect; to 1.2 m tall. Stems purplish brown; branches terete; with rufous lenticels; with appressed white medifixed symmetrically 2-branched trichomes. Stipules triangular; ca. 1.5 mm. Leaves 1-3 cm; 5-9-foliolate; petiole and rachis with dense appressed white mixed brown medifixed trichomes; petiole 2-7 mm; stipels minute; petiolules ca. 0.5 mm; leaflet blades opposite; elliptic to obovate; 3-7 x 2-5 mm; both surfaces with white and brown appressed medifixed trichomes; abaxially with denser trichomes; secondary veins not visible; base rounded to broadly cuneate; apex rounded to truncate and mucronate. Racemes 2.5-4 cm; peduncle 3-10 mm; longer than petioles; bracts ovate; ca. 1.5 mm; caducous. Pedicel ca. 1 mm; reflexed in fruit. Calyx hairy; tube ca. 1 mm; teeth as long as tube. Corolla red; standard broadly elliptic; ca. 7 x 4-4.5 mm; outside hairy; wings and keel ca. 7 mm. Stamens 5-6.5 mm. Legume dark purple; cylindric; 1.2-3 cm; with sparse appressed medifixed trichomes. Fl. May-Jul; fr. Sep-Oct.
? Sunny slopes; valleys; thickets; 1500-3900 m. Sichuan; E Xizang; NW Yunnan.