Amorpha herbacea var. herbacea
Common names: Clusterspike false indigo dwarf indigo-bush
Endemic
Synonyms: Amorpha cyanostachya M. A. Curtis
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 11.
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.
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.
Distribution
Open woods, sandhills, and savannas of the Atlantic Coastal Plain, Piedmont, and a single specimen from North Carolina mountains, Ala., Fla., Ga., N.C., S.C.
Discussion
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
None.