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

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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Amorpha georgiana var. confusa   FAMILY Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Native & naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the US (Isely, 1998)

Amorpha georgiana var. confusa

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-18-003?:

Amorpha georgiana   FAMILY Fabaceae

(?) (MISAPPLIED) Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Amorpha cyanostachya

 

COMMON NAME:
Savanna Indigo-bush


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image of Amorpha confusa, Savanna Indigo-bush

Jim Fowler    jaf_amorpha_confusa01

August    Brunswick County    NC

Green Swamp

Standards are an intense (rarely light) bright blue, per Weakley's Flora.

image of Amorpha confusa, Savanna Indigo-bush

Jim Fowler    jaf_amorpha_confusa02

August    Brunswick County    NC

Green Swamp

The racemes are mostly panicled, (1)3-5(8) per flowering branch, per Weakley's Flora.

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Amorpha georgiana var. confusa   FAMILY Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Native & naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the US (Isely, 1998)
Amorpha georgiana var. confusa

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-18-003?:
Amorpha georgiana   FAMILY Fabaceae

(?) (MISAPPLIED) Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Amorpha cyanostachya

 

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2616

Shrub
Perennial

Habitat: Longleaf pine savannas. A. confusa is restricted to moist loamy savannas, especially on the foreston soil series, a habitat now largely destroyed by fire suppression, real estate development, and conversion of longleaf pine savannas to pine tree farms, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas

Rare (historically in SC, but not recently seen)

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LEAVES:
Deciduous
Odd-pinnately compound: 13-numerous leaflets
Mostly alternate

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Bright blue
5-lobed calyx
1 petal
10 stamens
Superior ovary
Usually bisexual

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Legume

 

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