False Indigo-Bush
Scientific Name:Amorpha fruticosa
Common Name Synonyms:Desert False Indigo, Dullleaf indigo


NOTES: False Indigo is a deciduous native shrub in the Fabaceae (bean) family. It is typically found growing in moist open woodlands, roadsides, canyons, floodplains, gravel bars, stream and pond banks, and along swamp edges.

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False Indigo-Bush
Genus species: Amorpha fruticosa
Common Names: False Indigo-Bush
Desert False Indigo
Dullleaf indigo
Family Name: Fabaceae  
Herbaceous or woody plants; leaves alternate or basal, simple or compound, stipulate, the petiole and petiolule base typically swollen; flowers bisexual, mostly irregular, in various clusters; fruit a legume.
Seed Type: Angiosperm
Origin:  
Native: native to North America.
Non-native: not native to North America.
Introduced Native: native to North
America, but not Rowe Woods.
* Definitions based on the USDA
terminology
Native
Category:Shrub
Flower Color:Violet/Blue
CNC Habitat: Krippendorf Arboretum
Polinator Garden
Identified by:A. Swanson
Months in Bloom:  
The highlighted month(s) in this chart indicate when the plant has been observed blooming.
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