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Trailing Indigo

Indigofera spicata

Description:

A common yard weed with leaves that grow in threes and a cluster of pink flowers.

Habitat:

Suburban yard

3 Comments

Ryan Fezz
Ryan Fezz 8 years ago

Very common indeed and now a preferred host plant for the Ceraunus Blue Butterfly, which tends to fly low to the ground.

eeptii x
eeptii x 9 years ago

Yes, it does look like it belongs to genus Indigofera.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indigofera

LivanEscudero
LivanEscudero 9 years ago

I think that's a Desmodium species.
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desmodium...

Machi
Spotted by
Machi

Florida, USA

Spotted on Oct 24, 2014
Submitted on Oct 24, 2014

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