Native Plants
Digital Herbaria
Amorpha fruticosa
Amorpha fruticosa L.
Indigo Bush, False Indigo Bush, False Indigo, Desert False Indigo
Fabaceae (Pea Family)
USDA Symbol: AMFRUSDA Native Status: L48 (N), CAN (N)
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Specimen & Label Data
Amorpha fruticosa
Bastard Indigo
Fabaceae
Location: Medina River Ranch, Gate 9, 200 m inside the gate.Latitude: 0.000000
Habitat: Damp alkaline soil. Understory of Cornus, Quercus, & Sapindus.
Description: Erect, 2 m shrub, much branched. Branches & foliage w/short appressed hairs, mostly near petiolule & lower midvein of leaflets. Petiole to 2 cm. Leaflets 15+, proximately paired, to 15x35 cm, ovate-lanceolate, rounded basally, rounded/acute apically, medium green above, lighter & gland dotted below. Infloresence; terminal spikes, 6-11 cm long. Banner dark blue.
County: Medina
Collector: Harry Cliffe
Collection Date: Jun 6, 1992
Specimen number: 442
Herbarium Owner: NPSOT
Herbarium ID: 0651
Accession Date: Feb 22, 1994
Accession Number: 48
Annotations: SCXXM