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Amorpha herbacea var. floridana
Photo is of parent taxon

Florida false indigo or indigo-bush
Habit Shrubs usually glabrous or glabrate distally, sometimes sparsely pubescent.
Leaves

rachis usually glabrous, sometimes puberulent.
Racemes

sparsely puberulent.
Calyces

tube usually glabrous or glabrate, sometimes strigulose.
Legumes

usually glabrous.

Amorpha herbacea var. floridana
Phenology Flowering May–Sep.
Habitat Pine woodlands on the Atlantic Coastal Plain.
Elevation 0–50 m. (0–200 ft.)
Distribution
from FNA
FL; GA; Pine woodlands on the Atlantic Coastal Plain
Discussion

Variety floridana is a species of special concern in the state of Georgia.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 11.
Parent taxa Fabaceae > subfam. Faboideae > Amorpha > Amorpha herbacea
Sibling taxa
A. herbacea var. herbacea
Synonyms A. floridana
Name authority (Rydberg) Wilbur: J. Elisha Mitchell Sci. Soc. 80: 55. (1964)
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