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Sep 3, 2012 9:34 AM CST
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Name: Jan
St. Pete,FL
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Can someone id this groundcover. I thought it might be Mimosa strigillosa but the blooms are a bit different and the seed pods are long and bean-like instead of more round.

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Sep 3, 2012 9:42 AM CST

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Jan - maybe post over in the Plant ID forum? There are some super sleuths there!
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Sep 3, 2012 10:42 AM CST
Name: Jay
Nederland, Texas (Zone 9a)
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I am thinking some type of indigofera.
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Sep 3, 2012 11:11 AM CST
Name: Jay
Nederland, Texas (Zone 9a)
Region: Texas Region: Gulf Coast Charter ATP Member I helped beta test the first seed swap I helped plan and beta test the plant database. I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database!
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The best match I can find is Indigofera hirsuta. It grows is an introduced species that grows over most of Florida, including your general area.

http://www.virboga.de/Indigofe...

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Sep 3, 2012 2:24 PM CST
Name: Lin Vosbury
Sebastian, Florida (Zone 10a)

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I agree with Jay, definitely looks to be Indigofera of some sort. My first thought was Indigofera spicata, commonly called "Creeping Indigo":

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Sep 3, 2012 3:47 PM CST
Name: Jay
Nederland, Texas (Zone 9a)
Region: Texas Region: Gulf Coast Charter ATP Member I helped beta test the first seed swap I helped plan and beta test the plant database. I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database!
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I think you got it Lin. Here is a close-up of I. spicata flowers that look very close.
http://www.spacecoastwildflowe...
Also I noticed I hirsuta has very hairy stems and leaves Jan's does not.
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Sep 3, 2012 4:01 PM CST
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Name: Jan
St. Pete,FL
Charter ATP Member I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! I helped plan and beta test the plant database. Hosted a Not-A-Raffle-Raffle Butterflies Seller of Garden Stuff
Tropicals Plant and/or Seed Trader Seed Starter Ponds Plumerias Hummingbirder
Yep that's it. The other one was closed but it definitely doesn't have hairy stems. It certainly produced lots of seeds, I'll have to go read up on it and see if it's a keeper or not. It volunteered on the side of my driveway.
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Sep 3, 2012 4:08 PM CST
Thread OP
Name: Jan
St. Pete,FL
Charter ATP Member I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! I helped plan and beta test the plant database. Hosted a Not-A-Raffle-Raffle Butterflies Seller of Garden Stuff
Tropicals Plant and/or Seed Trader Seed Starter Ponds Plumerias Hummingbirder
Well, from what I have read so far, it doesn't look like something I need to encourage.
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Sep 7, 2012 1:07 PM CST
Name: Ann ~Heat zn 9, Sunset
North Fl. (Zone 8b)
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Got here late but Rough Hairy Indigo. I think jay ID'd it for me about a year ago.
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