NameThatPlant.net: Amorpha confusa

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

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Amorpha confusa FAMILY Fabaceae Go to FSUS key

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Learn more about Savanna Indigo-bush from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Amorpha georgiana var. confusa FAMILY Fabaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-18-003?:

Amorpha georgiana FAMILY Fabaceae

COMMON NAME:
Savanna Indigo-bush

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Amorpha confusa FAMILY Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Amorpha georgiana var. confusa FAMILY Fabaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-18-003?:
Amorpha georgiana FAMILY Fabaceae

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Shrub
Perennial

Habitat: Longleaf pine savannas. A. confusa is restricted to moist loamy savannas, especially on the foreston soil series, a habitat now largely destroyed by fire suppression, real estate development, and conversion of longleaf pine savannas to pine tree farms, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas

Rare (historically in SC, but not recently seen)

CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.

LEAVES:
Deciduous
Odd-pinnately compound: 13-numerous leaflets
Mostly alternate

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

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Legume

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