Amorpha schwerinii |
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Piedmont indigo-bush, schwerin's false indigo |
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Habit | Shrubs, (1–)1.5–2.5 m; arising from compact, woody root. |
Stems | finely grooved, gland-dotted, puberulent. |
Leaves | (5–)8–12(–22) cm; stipules linear to narrowly lanceolate, 3–4.5 mm, eglandular, pubescent abaxially, glabrous adaxially; petiole (7–)10–18(–25) mm, usually eglandular, pubescent; rachis usually eglandular, puberulent; leaflets (7–)19–27(–29), stipels acicular, 1–2.2 mm, petiolule (0.5–)1–2 mm, gland-dotted, pilosulous to puberulent, blade usually elliptic to narrowly oblong, rarely ovate to suborbiculate, (5–)15–30(–40) × (4–)8–15(–20) mm, base truncate to subcordate, margins slightly revolute, entire or slightly crenulate, apex obtuse to round or emarginate, surfaces gland-dotted, pilose to pubescent; midvein terminated by a swollen mucro, 0.2–0.5(–0.8) mm. |
Racemes | 1(or 2)-branched, (2–)4–8(–12) cm; rachis usually eglandular, puberulent to pubescent; bracteoles linear to narrowly lanceolate, 2–3.5 mm, pilosulous abaxially, glabrous adaxially. |
Pedicels | (0.8–)1–1.5(–2) mm, eglandular, puberulent to pubescent. |
Flowers | calyx tube turbinate to cylindric, 1.8–2.5 mm, distal 1/3 or less gland-dotted, pilosulous; lobes linear to narrowly lanceolate, (1.2–)2–3.5 mm; banner purplish, broadly obovate to obcordate, 4.5–6.5 × 3–4.2 mm, distinctly clawed, margins entire or erose; filaments 6–8 mm, connate basally 1.5–2 mm; anthers golden yellow; ovary usually pubescent. |
Legumes | sessile, 5–6.5 × 1.8–2.2 mm, margins curved outward abaxially, straight adaxially, at least distal 1/2 gland-dotted, usually glabrous. |
Seeds | not seen. |
Amorpha schwerinii |
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Phenology | Flowering Apr–Jun. |
Habitat | Dry to moist open woodlands and forests. |
Elevation | 100–600 m. (300–2000 ft.) |
Distribution |
AL; GA; NC; SC |
Discussion | Amorpha schwerinii is listed as a species of special concern in Georgia and South Carolina, and as significantly rare in North Carolina. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 11. |
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Name authority | C. K. Schneider: Ill. Handb. Laubholzk. 2: 71, figs. 42l,m, 44a. (1907) — (as schwerini) |
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