NameThatPlant.net: Amorpha schwerinii

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Fabales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Amorpha schwerinii FAMILY Fabaceae Go to FSUS key

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Learn more about Piedmont Indigo-bush from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Amorpha schwerinii FAMILY Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-18-002:

Amorpha schwerinii FAMILY Fabaceae

COMMON NAME:
Piedmont Indigo-bush

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Amorpha schwerinii FAMILY Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Amorpha schwerinii FAMILY Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-18-002:
Amorpha schwerinii FAMILY Fabaceae

2225

Shrub
Perennial

Habitat: forests and woodlands, primarily rather xeric and rocky (though not exclusively so), per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Uncommon in NC Piedmont (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.

LEAVES:
Deciduous
Odd-pinnately compound: (9)17-25 leaflets
Mostly alternate

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Deep rose/ Purple
5-lobed calyx
1 petal
10 stamens
Superior ovary
Usually bisexual

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Legume

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