Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Mountain Indigo-bush 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 glabra
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Amorpha glabra
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-18-004:
Amorpha glabra
FAMILY
Fabaceae
COMMON NAME:
Mountain Indigo-bush, Appalachian Indigo-bush, Mountain Indigo, Mountain False Indigo
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JK Marlow jkm090425_036
April Pickens County SC
Nine Times Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm110507_288
May Pickens County SC
Jocassee Gorges
Calyx lobes obolete or nearly so or weakly undulate, longest usually < 0.6mm, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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JK Marlow jkm110507_290
May Pickens County SC
Jocassee Gorges
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JK Marlow jkm200508_4723
May Pickens County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
Flowers borne in dense erect terminal racemes, per Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge.
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JK Marlow jkm200508_4725
May Pickens County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm200508_4727
May Pickens County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
Petioles typically much exceeding the width of the lowest leaflet, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Ron Lance rwl73_a
May
Leaves mostly with 11-19 leaflets, each gland-tipped, per Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge.
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JK Marlow jkm090726_149
July Buncombe County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
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JK Marlow jkm090726_153
July Buncombe County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
Midvein of leaflet terminating in a globose glandular tip, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.