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Austral Indigo

Wurundjeri name unknown

Indigofera australis

Austral Indigo is a shrub which grows from 1 to 2 metres tall with pinnate blue-green leaves and purple to pink flowers which bloom from September to November.

The Wurundjeri-woiwurrung use the roots of this plant as a fish poison which makes them easier to catch, as well as using their flowers as a blue dye.

It grows best in well drained soil from full sun to full shade.

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Macleay Grass Man, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Macleay Grass Man, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Green Spaces

Here are some spaces around Melbourne we've found this plant!

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The University of Melbourne and the sites listed on this website are located on unceded land belonging to the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung and Boonwurrung peoples of the Kulin nation, and we pay our respects to the traditional custodians of the land. As students of the University of Melbourne, we benefit from the continued effects of colonisation. We also recognise that decolonisation is a necessary and active process all must participate in, and we hope that the Native Garden Project can highlight ways that our communities have and can contribute to the physical decolonisation of the land. This always was and always will be Aboriginal land.

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