Flora of North America species comparison

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Amorpha herbacea var. herbacea
Photo is of parent taxon

clusterspike false indigo
Habit Shrubs usually densely short-pubescent or puberulent at least distally, sometimes sparsely pubescent or glabrate.
Leaves

rachis usually puberulent.
Racemes

usually densely puberulent.
Calyces

tube densely puberulent or short-pilose.
Legumes

often densely to sparsely puberulent, sometimes proximal 1/3–1/2 glabrous, sometime glabrous throughout.

Amorpha herbacea var. herbacea
Phenology Flowering May–Jul(–Sep).
Habitat Open woods, sandhills, and savannas of the Atlantic Coastal Plain, Piedmont, and a single specimen from North Carolina mountains.
Elevation 0–500 m. (0–1600 ft.)
Distribution
from FNA
AL; FL; GA; NC; SC; Open woods; sandhills; and savannas of the Atlantic Coastal Plain; Piedmont; and a single specimen from North Carolina mountains
[BONAP county map]
Source FNA vol. 11.
Parent taxa Fabaceae > subfam. Faboideae > Amorpha > Amorpha herbacea
Sibling taxa
A. herbacea var. floridana
Synonyms A. cyanostachya
Name authority unknown
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