Indigoferas

In what part of North America does this plant occur - which state or states?  Is it native?

By doing a search at USDA Plants, you can see the list of Indigofera species that occur in North America, both native and introduced:  

http://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=INDIG

Click on the "Subordinate Taxa" tab to see the distributions (by political jurisdictions, down to the county level in the US, though not actual physical distributions) of individual species of Indigofera.

If you can say in which states it occurs, you can reduce the list by doing a State Search, by entering "Indigofera" and selecting the state in which it is known to occur:

http://plants.usda.gov/checklist.html

Or is it (only) a cultivated plant?

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Al Deurbrouck and I(Len Lehman) are looking for a small indigofera that grows only 2-3 inches tall and tends to be a matt former! If anyones knows the species name and sources of plants and/or seed in US, please let me know!

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Not sure if you ever found what you were looking for, but we recently got Indigofera pseudotintoria which seems to fit your description,

cheers

fermi

Looks like an interesting little plant!

The one that gets around the most, and available from a number of sources is Indigofera pseudotinctoria 'Rose Carpet'.

The Paste action is not working for me to paste in a URL, (reminds me why I rarely use this forum anymore), but you can google search the plant name and Plant Delights to find a source and a good photo. Plant Delights lists it as zone 6, but it's hardy here in USDA Zone 5.

Hi Mark,

I think Roy Pavelin raised it from seed but it does look close to those pics of 'Rose Carpet'; it would be nice if it stays as prostrate as it is now,

cheers

fermi

Update on the Indigofera pseudotinctoria, which is indeed staying very prostrate

cheers

fermi

Yes, seed-pods have finally started forming!

cheers

fermi