Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about False Indigo from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Fabales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Amorpha fruticosa
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Amorpha fruticosa
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-18-005:
Amorpha fruticosa
FAMILY
Fabaceae
COMMON NAME:
False Indigo, Tall Indigo-bush, False Indigo-bush
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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.
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.
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.
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.