General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Fern
Life cycle: Other
Sun Requirements: Full Shade
Water Preferences: Dry Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Very strongly acid (4.5 – 5.0)
Moderately acid (5.6 – 6.0)
Moderately alkaline (7.9 – 8.4)
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 13 +15.6 °C (60 °F) to +21.1 °C (70 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 4b
Leaves: Evergreen
Deciduous
Fruit: Dehiscent: legolebpc 2io nhsknn ad i
Pops open explosively when ripe
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Bi-Color
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Bloom Size: 4"-5"
Flower Time: Year Round
Uses: Erosion control
Vegetable
Cooked greens
Suitable as Annual
Dynamic Accumulator: Mn (Manganese)
Resistances: Squirrels
Salt tolerant
Pollinators: Wasps
Containers: Needs excellent drainage in pots
Not suitable for containers
Conservation status: Extinct (EX)
Ploidy: Unbalanced Tetraploid

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Common names
  • Dwarf False Indigo
  • Chinese Indigo

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