Plants · La Saladita, Guerrero

hairy indigo

Indigofera hirsuta

Spanish: Añil Velloso

hairy indigo (Indigofera hirsuta)
Photographed by zihuadean on iNaturalist · CC-BY-NC

Indigofera hirsuta, the hairy indigo or rough hairy indigo, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae. It is native to nearly all the world's tropics; South America, Africa, Madagascar, the Indian Subcontinent, southern China, southeast Asia, Malesia, Papuasia and Australia, and has been introduced to the Caribbean, the southeast United States, Mexico and Central America. It is used as a green manure and, to a minor extent, for forage.

TaxonomyMagnoliopsida › Fabales › Fabaceae
Local records9 research-grade observations within about 50 km of La Saladita (the survey box also takes in Zihuatanejo, Ixtapa and Troncones)
Global records5,238 on iNaturalist
Most recent records2020 – 2024
Months of the 8 most recent records
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Recent local sightings

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Cite as: “hairy indigo (Indigofera hirsuta) at La Saladita”, La Saladita Field Guide, lasaladita.com/species/indigofera-hirsuta/, updated 2026-09-26. Observation counts and months come from iNaturalist research-grade records within about 50 km of 17.8375°N, 101.7606°W (the survey box also takes in Zihuatanejo, Ixtapa and Troncones); summary text from Wikipedia where present.