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Amorpha herbacea Walter

Clusterspike false indigo, Cluster-spike Indigobush

Fabaceae (Pea Family)

USDA Symbol: AMHE

USDA Native Status: Native to U.S.

Amorpha herbacea has whitish to blue-violet flowers in fan-like masses on top of the plant and gray-downy foliage with up to 40 leaflets.

 

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Plant Characteristics

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Shrub
Leaf Arrangement: Alternate
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Size Class: 1-3 ft. , 3-6 ft.

Bloom Information

Bloom Color: Pink

Distribution

USA: AL , FL , GA , NC , SC
Native Habitat: Edges of sub-xeric sand hills, scrub, scrubby flatwoods.
USDA Native Status: L48(N)

Value to Beneficial Insects

Special Value to Native Bees

This information was provided by the Pollinator Program at The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation.

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Additional resources

USDA: Find Amorpha herbacea in USDA Plants
FNA: Find Amorpha herbacea in the Flora of North America (if available)
Google: Search Google for Amorpha herbacea

Metadata

Record Modified: 2012-10-29
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