Indigofera kirilowii 'Alba'       0

- A revision of the genus Indigofera (Legumemosae-Papilionoideae) in Southeast Asia, de Kort, Ingrid and Thijsse, G. Blumea: Biodiversity, Evolution and Biogeography of Plants 1984 Vol. 30(1) pag. 89-151. Address
- A revision of the Indigofereae (Fabaceae) in Australia. 1. Indigastrum and the simple or unifoliolate species of Indigofera, Wilson, Peter G and Rowe, Ross. Telopea 2004 Vol. 10(651) pag. e682. Address
- A revision of the Indigofereae (Fabaceae) in Australia. 2. Indigofera species with trifoliolate and alternately pinnate leaves, Wilson, Peter G and Rowe, Ross and others. Telopea 2008 Vol. 12(2) pag. 293-307. Address
- Additional species in the Indigofera haplophylla group (Fabaceae: Faboideae), Wilson, Peter G. Telopea 2020 Vol. 23 pag. 89-93. Address
- Additional taxa of Indigofera (Fabaceae: Indigofereae) from the Eremaean Botanical Province, Western Australia, Wilson, Peter G and Rowe, Ross. Nuytsia 2015 Vol. 25 pag. 251-284. Address
- Cape plants: A conspectus of the Cape flora of South Africa - Strelitzia 09, Peter Goldblatt and John Manning. 2001 pag. 486-492. DOI
- eFloras. eFloras.org Vol. 2 pag. 116399. Indigofera
- Flora capensis: Being a systematic description of the plants of the Cape colony, Caffraria, & Port Natal (and neighbouring territories), Harvey William H., Sonder Otto Wilhelm & Thiselton-Dyer William T. 1909 Vol. 2. Address
- Morphometric study of the genus Indigofera Linn.(Leguminosae-Papilionoideae) in south-western Nigeria, Chukwuma, Mubo Sonibare Emmanuel. International Journal of Botany 2010 Vol. 6(3) pag. 343-350. Address
- New species of Indigofera from the Transvaal and Swaziland, N. E. Brown. Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew) 1925 Vol. 1925(3) pag. 142-159. JStor
- New taxa and typifications in Indigofera (Fabaceae) for South Australia, Wilson, Peter G and Rowe, Ross. Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Garden 2010 pag. 67-73. Address
- Notes on some plants of Southern Africa, chiefly from Natal: XII, Hilliard, O.M. and Burtt, B.L. Notes from the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh 1986 Vol. 43(2) pag. 18-228. DOI
- Phylogeny and new sectional classification for the Cape Clade of the genus Indigofera (Fabaceae: Indigofereae), Du Preez, Brian and Schrire, Brian and Dreyer, Leanne and Stirton, Charles and Chimphango, Samson and Muasya, A. Taxon 2025 Vol. 74(4) pag. 819-856. DOI
- Plantea Pentherianne, A. Zalbruckner. Annalen des K.K. Naturhistorischen Hofmuseums 1905 Vol. 20 pag. 1-58. Address
- Taxonomic notes on some Australian species of Indigofera (Fabaceae-Faboideae), Wilson, Peter G. Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Garden 1987 pag. 119-126. Address
- The genus Indigofera L.(Leguminosae) in Thailand, MATTAPHA, SAWAI and CHANTARANOTHAI, PRANOM. Tropical Natural History 2012 Vol. 12(2) pag. 207-244. Address
- The Indigofera filifolia complex (Fabaceae) in southern Africa, Jarvie, James K and Stirton, CH. Bothalia 1987 Vol. 17(1) pag. 1-6. JStor
- Effect of pre-planting seed treatment on dormancy breaking and germination of Indigofera accessions, Hassen, Abubeker and Pieterse, PA and Rethman, NFG. Tropical grasslands 2004 Vol. 38(3) pag. 154-157. ResearchGate

Biological type: shrub
Frost resistance: 5ºF
Leaf color: dark green
Flower color: white
Reproduction mode: hermaphrodite plant whoes flowers produce both male and female gametes

Specifications for the Mediterranean basin
Adult size (h x w): 4,9ft x 3,2ft
Sun exposure: part sun (Sun hours: >3h <6h
Foliage: deciduous
Growth: fast
Flowering time from April until April

Specific information for our garden
Planting substrate: 20%Compost+40%Clay+40%Sand
Plant watering: 3x a week pH 6.5
Logical sequence of containers for: Perennials; forestry plate 8cm, 1L container, 2L forestry pot, 6L container, 55L container
Propagation is done by cuttings

SPRING Scarify the seed coating. Soak the seeds in warm water of 86°F for 24h (Change the water every 12 hours) until the seeds swell. Sow the seeds at 5mm depth in the Well Drained Seed Sowing Mix between 64-72°F. During germination keep the substrate moist and in daylight. The seeds germinate in 2-4 weeks.

Germination references for the genus
- Effect of pre-planting seed treatment on dormancy breaking and germination of Indigofera accessions, Hassen, Abubeker and Pieterse, PA and Rethman, NFG. Tropical grasslands 2004 Vol. 38(3) pag. 154-157. ResearchGate
- Conserving seeds of useful wild plants in Mexico: Main issues and recommendations, Rodríguez-Arévalo, Isela and Mattana, Efisio and García, Lilia and Liu, Udayangani and Lira, Rafael and Dávila, Patricia and Hudson, Alex and Pritchard, Hugh and Ulian, Tiziana. Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution 2017 Vol. 64 pag. 1141-1190. DOI
- The evaluation of Indigofera seed production and quality in different environments, Sari E. D., Abdullah L., Kumalasari N. R. & Fanindi A. IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science 2024 Vol. 1362(1) pag. 012006. DOI