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Amorpha herbacea

Amorpha herbacea Walter

dwarf indigo bush, clusterspike false indigo

Amorpha herbacea (Dwarf Indigo Bush)
Image ID: 7816
Image by: Parkins, Grant Morrow
Image Collection: NCBG Digital Library

PLANT INDEX

ID_PLANT: AMHE
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Amorpha herbacea
Include in WOTAS: 0
Publish to Web: 1
Last Modified: 2018-09-16

GENUS INDEX

GENUS CODE: AMORP
GENUS SCIENTIFIC: Amorpha
GENUS AUTHORITY: L.
GENUS COMMON: False indigo
GENUS SUMMARY: A genus of about 15 species, shrubs, of temperate North America.
GENUS IDENTIFICATION:
GENUS REFERENCES: Straub, Sorrie, & Weakley (2009)=X; Wilbur (1964)=Z; Wilbur (1975)=Y; Isely (1998)=I.

FAMILY INDEX

FAMILY CODE: FABACE
FAMILY SCIENTIFIC: Fabaceae
FAMILY AUTHORITY: Lindley 1836 or LEGUMINOSAE A.L. de Jussieu 1789
FAMILY COMMON: Legume Family
FAMILY SUMMARY: A family of about 730 genera and 20,000 species, trees, shrubs, and herbs, cosmopolitan.
FAMILY REFERENCE: Isely (1990)=SE (throughout the family treatment); Isely (1998)=I; Lewis et al. (2005); Wojciechowski, Lavin, & Sanderson (2004); Wilbur (1963a); Robertson & Lee (1976).

NCBG DESCRIPTIVES

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COMMENTS:
HEIGHT: 3 - 6 ft.
DURATION: Perennial
HABIT: Shrub
LEAF ARRANGEMENT: Alternate
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FLORAL CHARACTERISTICS
SYMMETRY:
BLOOM TIME: May to July
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
x x x

BLOOM COLOR: Blue-violet flowers
White Red Pink Orange Yellow Green Blue Lavender Purple Violet Brown Not Applicable
x x x

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NATIVE RANGE: southeastern United States
HORTICULTURAL
Plant Sale Text: Dwarf indigo bush is a shrub-like member of the Pea family found in the sandy soils of the coastal plain and sandhills. It is not a true woody shrub, as its herbaceous stems die back each winter and return the following spring. It produces long wands of blue-violet flowers at the tips of its branches in early summer. The numerous small flowers are frequented by a variety of insects, so it is a great pollinator plant. It is a tough, drought-tolerant plant that does best with ample sunlight. The genus Amorpha supports up to 23 species of lepidoptera.

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Cultural Notes:

SOIL MOISTURE: Dry, Average
LIGHT EXPOSURE: Sun, Part Shade
MINIMUM HARDINESS ZONE: 7
MAXIMUM HARDINESS ZONE: 9
GERMINATION CODE:
WILDLIFE VALUE: Bee Friendly, Butterfly Friendly
DEER RESISTANCE:

GRIM COLLECTIONS

Coll_id Project Collection date Collector Action
1460 HORT View
1788 HORT 2005-01-01 Bryan View

GRIM ACCESSIONS

acc_id acc_num acc_dt coll_id Action
7014 1998-0283 View
9147 2007-0169 2007-07-17 1460 View

GRIM PLANTINGS

plt_num acc_id loc_num pers_num inst_dt Action
9889 7014 55 NCBG staff 1993-10-01 View
12107 9147 56 NCBG staff 0000-00-00 View

USDA PLANTS DATABASE

USDA Symbol: AMHE
USDA Common Name: Clusterspike False Indigo
Native Status: L48 (N)
Distribution: USA (AL, FL, GA, NC, SC)
Duration: Perennial
Growth Habit: Shrub

NATIONAL WETLAND INDICATOR STATUS

Region:AGCPAKAWCBEMPGPHIMWNCNEWMVE
Status: FAC FAC

This information is derived from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 2016 National Wetland Plant List, Version 3.3 (Lichvar, R.W., D.L. Banks, W.N. Kirchner, and N.C. Melvin. 2016. The National Wetland Plant List: 2016 wetland ratings. Phytoneuron 2016-30: 1-17. Published 28 April 2016. ISSN 2153 733X). Regions: AGCP-Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain, AK-Alaska, AW-Arid West, CB-Caribbean, EMP-Eastern Mountains and Piedmont, GP-Great Plains, HI-Hawaii, MW-Midwest, NCNE-Northcentral and Northeast, WMCV-Western Mountains, Valleys & Coast

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ABOUT FAMILY (Weakley Flora)
Fabaceae Lindley 1836 or LEGUMINOSAE A.L. de Jussieu 1789 (Legume Family)
SUMMARY: A family of about 730 genera and 20,000 species, trees, shrubs, and herbs, cosmopolitan.
REFERENCE: Isely (1990)=SE (throughout the family treatment); Isely (1998)=I; Lewis et al. (2005); Wojciechowski, Lavin, & Sanderson (2004); Wilbur (1963a); Robertson & Lee (1976).
ABOUT GENUS (Weakley Flora)
Amorpha L. (False indigo)
SUMMARY: A genus of about 15 species, shrubs, of temperate North America.
REFERENCE: Straub, Sorrie, & Weakley (2009)=X; Wilbur (1964)=Z; Wilbur (1975)=Y; Isely (1998)=I.

HERBARIUM RESOURCES

SERNEC: Find Amorpha herbacea in Southeast Regional Network of Experts and Collections (if available)
UNC SERNEC: Find Amorpha herbacea in University of North Carolina Chapel Hill Herbarium - Southeast Regional Network of Experts and Collections (if available)

WEB RESOURCES

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

IMAGE USE RECORDS

ID IMAGE: 7816 - Primary Image FloraQuest Plant Detail Page (Landscape Preferred)
ID IMAGE1: 7816 - Primary Image WOTAS
ID IMAGE2: 7816 - Secondary Image WOTAS
ID IMAGE3: 21953 - Primary Image Plant Sale Sign (Landscape Only)
ID IMAGE4: 0 - Primary Image New Plant Sale Label (Portrait Only)

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