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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Amorpha fruticosa
FAMILY
Fabaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Amorpha fruticosa
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Native & naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the US (Isely, 1998)
Amorpha fruticosa
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-18-005:
Amorpha fruticosa FAMILY Fabaceae
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Amorpha curtissii
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Amorpha fruticosa
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Amorpha tennesseensis
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Amorpha virgata
COMMON NAME:
False Indigo, Tall Indigo-bush, False Indigo-bush
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_amfr_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_amfr_011_lvd
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Alan S. Weakley asw_934421041016771
April Orange County NC
North Carolina Botanical Garden
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JK Marlow jkm180505_1819
May Pike County GA
Camp Thunder VPA
Leaflets (7)9-23(31) per leaf; petiole usually > width of contiguous leaflets, per Weakley's Flora.
COMPARE
pinnately compound leaves of shrubs
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JK Marlow jkm180505_1821
May Pike County GA
Camp Thunder VPA
Racemes dense, 7-15cm long, with violet-purple flowers 6-8mm long, per Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast (Foote & Jones, 1989).
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JK Marlow jkm180505_1824
May Pike County GA
Camp Thunder VPA
Shrub 1.5-4m tall, usually bushy and much branched, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_amorpha_fruticosa
May
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JK Marlow jkm100606_015
June Union County SC
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JK Marlow jkm081103_065
November Pickens County SC
Jocassee Gorges
Fruit a 1 or 2-seeded, 1/4", curved, glabrous legume, per Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge (Lance).
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JK Marlow jkm081103_078
November Pickens County SC
Jocassee Gorges
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Amorpha fruticosa
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Amorpha fruticosa
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Native & naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the US (Isely, 1998)
Amorpha fruticosa
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-18-005:
Amorpha fruticosa
FAMILY
Fabaceae
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Amorpha curtissii
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Amorpha fruticosa
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Amorpha tennesseensis
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Amorpha virgata
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Shrub
Perennial
Habitat: Riverbanks, forests, woodlands, marsh edges, sometimes in disturbed sites, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Deciduous
Odd-pinnately compound: 13-35 leaflets
Mostly alternate
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Purplish-blue
5-lobed calyx
1 petal
10 stamens
Superior ovary
Usually unisexual
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Legume
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee (Hunter, 2002) p236
- How to Recognize Shrubs (Grimm, 1966) p151
- Landscaping with Native Trees (Sternberg & Wilson, 1995) p254
- Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast (Foote & Jones, 1989) p079
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p106
- Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia (Chafin, 2007) p041
- Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry (Porcher, 1995) p097
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition (Justice, Bell, & Lindsey, 2005) p126
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p184
- Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge (Lance) p08
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004) p059
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011) p227
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