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crenulate false indigo

Habit Shrubs, 0.4–1(–3) m; arising from thick, horizontal rootstock.
Stems

finely longitudinally grooved and ridged, often obscurely gland-dotted, sparsely puberulent or glabrous.

Leaves

(8–)15–25(–30) cm;

stipules mostly acicular, 1.2–2.2 mm;

petiole (3–)8–15(–18) mm, gland-dotted, sparsely puberulent or glabrous;

rachis sparsely gland-dotted, often glabrous;

leaflets (19–)23–33(–41), stipels acicular, 0.4–1.5 mm, petiolule (1–)1.5–2(–3) mm, gland-dotted, usually glabrous, blade elliptic to oblong or ovate to suborbiculate, (7–)12–25(–42) × (2.5–)5–9(–11) mm, base obtuse to round or truncate to subcordate, margins usually conspicuously revolute, crenulate, apex obtuse to round or emarginate, surfaces gland-dotted abaxially, glabrous or glabrate;

midvein terminated by a swollen mucro, 0.2–0.5 mm.

Racemes

(1–)4–10-branched, (5–)10–25(–30) cm;

rachis sparsely gland-dotted, sparsely puberulent;

bracteoles linear to narrowly spatulate, 1.2–2.5 mm, gland-dotted, sparsely hairy.

Pedicels

(0.5–)1–1.8(–2.2) mm, gland-dotted, sparsely puberulent.

Flowers

calyx tube turbinate to narrowly campanulate, (2–)2.2–3.2(–3.5) mm, distal 1/2 often gland-dotted, glabrous or glabrate;

lobes: abaxial lobe narrowly triangular, slightly longer, adaxial lobes triangular or obtuse, 0.8–1.8(–2) mm;

banner violet or white, broadly obcordate, (4.5–)5–6(–7) × 3–4.5 mm, distinctly clawed, margins entire or finely erose;

filaments 6–9 mm, distinct;

anthers yellowish;

ovary glabrous.

Legumes

sessile, 4–6.5 × 1.8–2.5 mm, margins strongly curved outward abaxially, straight to slightly arched adaxially, distal 2/3 gland-dotted, glabrous.

Seeds

not seen.

Amorpha crenulata

Phenology Flowering Feb–Aug(–Nov).
Habitat Rocky margins of pine woodlands and coastal prairies of the Miami Rock Ridge.
Elevation 0–10 m. (0–0 ft.)
Distribution
from FNA
FL
Discussion

Amorpha crenulata is restricted to the Miami Rock Ridge of southeastern Florida, where about 350 individuals remain in four populations confined to Miami-Dade County. Conservation measures for this species, including an ex situ collection, restored populations, and seed bank, are overseen by Fairchild Tropical Garden in Coral Gables (for example, J. Roncal et al. 2006; K. S. Wendelberger et al. 2007).

Amorpha crenulata is in the Center for Plant Conservation’s National Collection of Endangered Plants; as A. herbacea var. crenulata, it is listed in NatureServe as a plant of concern.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)

Source FNA vol. 11.
Parent taxa Fabaceae > subfam. Faboideae > Amorpha
Sibling taxa
A. californica, A. canescens, A. confusa, A. fruticosa, A. georgiana, A. glabra, A. herbacea, A. laevigata, A. nana, A. nitens, A. ouachitensis, A. paniculata, A. roemeriana, A. schwerinii
Synonyms A. herbacea var. crenulata
Name authority Rydberg in N. L. Britton et al.: N. Amer. Fl. 24: 30. (1919)
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