Indigofera jucunda seeds grow into a pleasant indigo a shrub native to the Mediterranean biome of the Cape Floristic Region and adjacent dry biomes of South Africa. Described by E.Mey. (Carl Anton Eugen Meyerus or Ernst Heinrich Friedrich Meyer, German botanist). The epithet jucunda means ‘pleasant’ or ‘delightful’ (from Latin), indicating the ornamental appeal of this species a pleasing and attractive Cape Indigofera. Produces the characteristic racemes of pink to mauve-purple pea-shaped flowers of the genus; compact, woody, with pinnate leaves. Nitrogen-fixing. Family Fabaceae.

Full sun; well-drained, poor soils; drought-tolerant; warm Mediterranean conditions. Pleasant ornamental Cape Indigofera.

• ‘Jucunda’ = pleasant/delightful (Latin); E.Mey.; pink to mauve-purple pea flowers; nitrogen-fixing
• Compact woody shrub; pinnate leaves; Cape Floristic Region specialist; drought-tolerant
• South Africa (Cape Floristic Region) Mediterranean biome; dry scrub and fynbos
• Genus Indigofera: ~750 species; Tropics and Subtropics; Family Fabaceae (Faboideae); Order Fabales
• Full sun; well-drained poor soils; drought-tolerant; warm Mediterranean; nitrogen-fixing; Family Fabaceae

Indigofera jucunda the pleasant indigo is a delightfully named Cape Floristic Region shrub from South Africa, its epithet capturing the ornamental appeal of this compact, drought-tolerant shrublet whose pink pea flowers are produced over an extended season in the warm, dry conditions of the Cape scrublands.

IMPORTANT: Pictures show the adult plant, which is not for sale. The offer is only for seeds.