Common names: false indigo, indigobush amorpha, bastard indigo

Scientific names: Amorpha fruticosa (A. fragrans)

Seasons of significant use: summer

Characteristics: Native, perennial shrub to 11.0 feet. Stems 1-several from base; leaves deciduous, alternate, odd-pinnately compound, with 9-27 leaflets; flowers purple indense racemes; fruit is small pod, 1-2 seeded, conspicuously glandular dotted. Flowers April-June.

Plant community type: Open bottomlands, stream banks, pond margins or other typically moist situations.

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