OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Fabales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Amorpha fruticosa   FAMILY Fabaceae   Go to FSUS key



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


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image of Amorpha fruticosa, False Indigo, Tall Indigo-bush, False Indigo-bush

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_amfr_001_lvd

        

image of Amorpha fruticosa, False Indigo, Tall Indigo-bush, False Indigo-bush

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide    pnd_amfr_011_lvd

        

image of Amorpha fruticosa, False Indigo, Tall Indigo-bush, False Indigo-bush

Alan S. Weakley    asw_934421041016771

April    Orange County    NC

North Carolina Botanical Garden

image of Amorpha fruticosa, False Indigo, Tall Indigo-bush, False Indigo-bush

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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image of Amorpha fruticosa, False Indigo, Tall Indigo-bush, False Indigo-bush

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).

image of Amorpha fruticosa, False Indigo, Tall Indigo-bush, False Indigo-bush

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).

image of Amorpha fruticosa, False Indigo, Tall Indigo-bush, False Indigo-bush

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_amorpha_fruticosa

May        

image of Amorpha fruticosa, False Indigo, Tall Indigo-bush, False Indigo-bush

JK Marlow    jkm100606_015

June    Union County    SC

image of Amorpha fruticosa, False Indigo, Tall Indigo-bush, False Indigo-bush

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).

image of Amorpha fruticosa, False Indigo, Tall Indigo-bush, False Indigo-bush

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

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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

 

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