North Carolina Wildflowers, Shrubs, & Trees

by Jeffrey S. Pippen | Back to Jeff's Plant Page | Jeff's Nature Pages

Fabaceae > Amorpha
	Desert False Indigo, Tall Indigo-bush (Amorpha fruticosa) Brunswick Co., NC 13 Aug 2006 Native and uncommon but widespread in varied habitats in NC, Desert False Indigo is considered to be an introduced invasive in much of the western U.S.
	Desert False Indigo, Tall Indigo-bush (Amorpha fruticosa) Brunswick Co., NC 13 Aug 2006 Orange anthers emerging from purple flowers is a distinctive look!

Annotated habitat and distribution information listed above is from Radford, Ahles, & Bell. 1968. Manual of the Vascular Flora of the Carolinas. UNC Press; and from personal observations and discussions with Will Cook, Harry LeGrand, and Bob Wilbur. Common names from personal experience and supplemented by the following resources USDA plants website, Flora of the Carolinas, Virginia, and Georgia, and NatureServe.