Kauaʻi record · kba_plant_indigofera_spicata
Creeping Indigo
Indigofera spicata
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About Creeping Indigo
A low, sprawling to ascending perennial with a thick rootstock and ridged, partly flattened stems. Pinnate leaves usually have seven small wedge-based, rounded leaflets with appressed hairs. Dense slender racemes bear tiny crimson-red pea flowers. Straight, downward-reflexed narrow pods contain five to eight smooth seeds. Established wild occurrence warrants observations of occupied cover, reproductive plants and new recruits. These measurements can test persistence and spread. The reviewed accounts do not quantify an island-wide effect on Kauaʻi native vegetation.
Kauaʻi evidence
Generated media is not occurrence evidence. Proposed monitoring endpoints are not reported observations, measured effects or causal findings.
Names and classification
- Scientific name
- Indigofera spicata
- Common names
- creeping indigo
- Other names
- Indigofera spicata · creeping indigo
- Record type
- Species
Kauaʻi occurrence and status
- Kauaʻi occurrence
- Recorded on Kauaʻi
- Origin
- Introduced
- Conservation status
- Not yet assessed
- Evidence date
- 2026-10-07
- Evidence limits
- Island-level public occurrence only. The crimson flower color is from Kew's Flora of the Cayman Islands account. The woody perennial base supports the census subshrub scope; do not depict a tall bush.
Habitat and ecology
- Habitats
- Not yet assessed
- Food and resource needs
- Not yet assessed
- Reproduction
- Not yet assessed
- Shelter
- Not yet assessed
- Growth form
- Shrub or subshrub; scrambling perennial or subshrub
Threats and conservation
- Monitoring
- Occupied area and vegetation cover; Mature plants and new recruits; Reproductive plants and fruiting frequency. Proposed monitoring endpoints are not reported observations, measured effects or causal findings.
- Data gaps
- Current island extent and population trend · Measured local ecological effects
Process and seasonal context
- Seasonal timing
- Not yet assessed
- Seasonal description
- A low, sprawling to ascending perennial with a thick rootstock and ridged, partly flattened stems. Pinnate leaves usually have seven small wedge-based, rounded leaflets with appressed hairs. Dense slender racemes bear tiny crimson-red pea flowers. Straight, downward-reflexed narrow pods contain five to eight smooth seeds. Established wild occurrence warrants observations of occupied cover, reproductive plants and new recruits. These measurements can test persistence and spread. The reviewed accounts do not quantify an island-wide effect on Kauaʻi native vegetation.