Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Fabales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Amorpha fruticosa
FAMILY
Fabaceae
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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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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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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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JK Marlow jkm081103_078
November Pickens County SC
Jocassee Gorges
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
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Shrub
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Habitat: Riverbanks, forests, woodlands, marsh edges, sometimes in disturbed sites, per Weakley's Flora
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LEAVES:
Deciduous
Odd-pinnately compound: 13-35 leaflets
Mostly alternate
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Purplish-blue
Usually unisexual
5-lobed calyx
1 petal
10 stamens
Superior ovary
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Legume
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee p236
- Landscaping with Native Trees p254
- Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast p079
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide p106
- Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia p041
- Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry p097
- Wild Flowers of NC, 1st edition p100
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition p126
- Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge p08
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide p059
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region p227