Indigofera spicata
naturalizedFabaceae

Indigofera spicata

Creeping Indigo

Naturalized (non-native)non-native

Introduced and now reproducing on its own in the wild.

Indigofera spicata, the creeping indigo or trailing indigo, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae. It is native to Sub‑Saharan Africa, Madagascar, Mauritius, Réunion, and Yemen, and has been introduced to the southeastern United States, various Caribbean islands, Brazil and other locations in Latin America, various Pacific islands, and New South Wales and Queensland in Australia. It was considered to be a promising forage plant, and then shown to be toxic to nearly...

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Seasonality

Only 24 phenology-annotated observations exist for this species in Hawaiʻi — too few to describe a season. No window is inferred.

Gallery · 9 · iNaturalist
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Where documented · 84 ahupuaʻa
documented occurrences · iNaturalist + GBIF · iNaturalist 187 · GBIF 281 records
Waikīkī · OʻahuiNat 84 · GBIF 101
Honolulu · OʻahuiNat 24 · GBIF 7
Kāneʻohe · OʻahuiNat 6 · GBIF 13
Kailua · OʻahuiNat 5 · GBIF 13
Honouliuli · OʻahuiNat 4 · GBIF 12
Maunalua · OʻahuiNat 4 · GBIF 7
Waimalu · OʻahuiNat 5 · GBIF 4
Waimea · KauaʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 5
Paunau · MauiiNat 3 · GBIF 4
Waimānalo · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 5
Wailuku · MauiiNat 2 · GBIF 5
Waipiʻo · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 5
Paʻalaʻa · OʻahuiNat 3 · GBIF 4
Heʻeia · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 3
Waikapū · MauiiNat 2 · GBIF 3
Kapaʻa · KauaʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 2
Waimea, Waikoloa · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 3
Hanalei · KauaʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 2
Honokōwai · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 3
Punaluʻu · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 2
Kamaʻole · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 2
Hālawa · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 2
Kōloa · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 2
Keālia · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 2
Hōʻaeʻae · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 1
Hanamāʻulu · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Kaʻena · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Kuliʻouʻou · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Weliweli · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Lāʻiewai · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1
ʻŌiʻo 1 · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Kalauao · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Waiheʻe · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Makaʻula · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Kalihi · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Keahuolū · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1