OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
 Amorpha nitens   FAMILY Fabaceae   Go to FSUS key

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Amorpha nitens   FAMILY Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Amorpha nitens

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Amorpha nitens

SYNONYMOUS WITH Native & naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the US (Isely, 1998)

Amorpha nitens

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Amorpha nitens

 

COMMON NAME:
 Dark Indigo-bush, Shining Indigo-bush

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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
 Amorpha nitens   FAMILY Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Amorpha nitens   FAMILY Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
 Amorpha nitens

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
 Amorpha nitens

SYNONYMOUS WITH Native & naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the US (Isely, 1998)
 Amorpha nitens

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
 Amorpha nitens

 

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4540

Shrub
Perennial

Habitat: Dry to mesic upland and riparian forests, ravines, bluffs, stream banks, glade margins, sandy woodlands, rocky slopes, bottomland forests, per Weakley's Flora

Native to South Carolina & Georgia

Rare

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LEAVES:
Deciduous
Odd-pinnately compound: (7)9-15(19) leaflets
Alternate

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Bright purple
5-lobed calyx
1 petal
10 stamens
Superior ovary
Usually bisexual

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall?
Legume

 

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