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Weakley's
Flora (
4/7/08
):
Fabaceae
Amorpha herbacea var. herbacea
LESS THAN
PLANTS National Database:
Fabaceae
Amorpha herbacea var. herbacea
LESS THAN
Vascular
Flora of the Carolinas (1968):
Fabaceae
098-18-001
Amorpha herbacea
Common Name:
Leadplant, Dwarf Indigo-bush
Shrub
Perennial
Deciduous
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common (rare in Mountains)
Documented growing
wild in
GA
NC
SC
Look for it in pine savannas, pine flatwoods, sandhills, other open forests & disturbed sites, per Weakley's Flora
To see a detailed
map, click
here.
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Leaves:
Compound: Odd-pinnate 11-37
Mostly alternate
Flower:
Spring/Summer
Blue-violet/White
Usually bisexual
5-lobed calyx
1 petal
10 stamens
Fruit:
Summer/Fall
Legume
To learn more about
this plant, look it up in a good book!
A Guide to the Wildflowers of SC p248
Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers p051
Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast p080
Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry p168
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Bill Stringer
wcslamorpha_herbacea
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July
Acknowledgments
to
Dixie Damrel, curator of Clemson University's Herbarium, for taxonomic review
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Bill Stringer
wcslamorpha_herbaceab
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July
Acknowledgments
to
Dixie Damrel, curator of Clemson University's Herbarium, for taxonomic review
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Bill Stringer
wcsleadplant_spike
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July
Acknowledgments
to
Dixie Damrel, curator of Clemson University's Herbarium, for taxonomic review
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Bill Stringer
wcsleadplant_spikeb
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July
Acknowledgments
to
Dixie Damrel, curator of Clemson University's Herbarium, for taxonomic review
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JK Marlow
jkm071028_088
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October
Edgefield County
SC
Sumter National Forest: Edgefield Ranger District
Acknowledgments
to
Dixie Damrel, curator of Clemson University's Herbarium, for taxonomic review
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JK Marlow
jkm071028_092
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October
Edgefield County
SC
Sumter National Forest: Edgefield Ranger District
Acknowledgments
to
Dixie Damrel, curator of Clemson University's Herbarium, for taxonomic review
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