Amorpha glabra |
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Appalachian indigo-bush, mountain false indigo |
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Habit | Shrubs, 1–2 m; arising from compact, woody root. |
Stems | smooth, sparsely gland-dotted or eglandular, usually glabrous, sometimes glabrate. |
Leaves | (10–)14–22(–30) cm; stipules linear to linear-lanceolate, 2.5–4.5 mm, eglandular, slightly hairy or margins ciliate; petiole (16–)20–40(–60) mm, sparsely gland-dotted or eglandular, glabrous or sparsely puberulent; rachis sparsely gland-dotted, glabrous or, rarely, sparsely puberulent; leaflets (9–)11–15(–19), stipels acicular to setaceous, 1.2–2 mm, petiolule 2–4(–5.5) mm, sparsely gland-dotted, usually glabrous, blade often elliptic to oblong, sometimes ovate to, rarely, orbiculate, (14–)20–45(–75) × (10–)14–28(–36) mm, base round to truncate or subcordate, margins slightly revolute, entire or slightly crenulate, apex obtuse to broadly round or emarginate, surfaces gland-dotted, mostly glabrous; midvein terminated by a slightly swollen mucro, 0.2–0.4 mm. |
Racemes | 1–3(or 4)-branched, (5–)10–18(–28) cm; rachis gland-dotted, usually glabrous; bracteoles usually narrowly lanceolate, (0.5–)0.8–1.5(–2) mm, eglandular, puberulent, often ciliate. |
Pedicels | (0.8–)1–2.5(–3) mm, eglandular, usually glabrous. |
Flowers | calyx tube broadly turbinate to campanulate, 2–3(–3.2) mm, eglandular, glabrous except rim ciliate; lobes obscure or developed, then rounded to broadly triangular-dentate, 0–0.6(–0.8) mm; banner purplish, broadly obcordate, (4.5–)6–8(–8.5) × 4–6 mm, clawed, margins entire or erose; filaments 8–11 mm, connate basally 3–4.5 mm; anthers golden yellow to orange; ovary glabrous. |
Legumes | sessile, (6.5–)7.5–9(–10) × (2.5–)3–4(–4.5) mm, margins distinctly curved outward abaxially, straight or nearly so adaxially, at least distal 2/3 gland-dotted, glabrous. |
Seeds | not seen. |
Amorpha glabra |
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Phenology | Flowering May–Jul. |
Habitat | Dry to moist thickets and woods, pine-oak heath ridges. |
Elevation | (30–)400–1200 m. ((100–)1300–3900 ft.) |
Distribution |
AL; GA; NC; SC; TN
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Discussion | Amorpha glabra is listed as a species of concern in South Carolina. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 11. |
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Name authority | Desfontaines ex Persoon: Syn. Pl. 2: 295. (1807) |
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