Amorpha paniculata

• Overview
• Interesting Facts
• Common Names
• Description
• Biology
• Taxonomy
• Similar Species
• More Info
• Further Reading
• Notes

Overview

Threatened

Interesting Facts

Common Names

Description

Physical Description

Biology

Reproduction

Duration: Perennial

Growth

Culture: Space 8-10' apart.

Soil: Minimum pH: 5.6 • Maximum pH: 6.5

Sunlight: Sun Exposure: Full sun to partial shade.

Temperature: Cold Hardiness: 7a, 7b, 8a, 8b. (map)

Taxonomy

Notes

Publishing author : Torr. & A.Gray Publication : Fl. N. Amer. (Torr. & A. Gray) 1: 306 1838 [Oct 1838]

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Comment: Climbing : Not climbing, Habit: Shrub , Lifespan: Perennial

Similar Species

Members of the genus Amorpha

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 23 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:

A. californica (California False Indigo) · A. californica var. californica (California False Indigo) · A. californica var. napensis (Napa False Indigo) · A. canescens (Downy Indigobush) · A. crenulata (Crenulate Lead-Plant) · A. fruticosa (Bastard Indigo) · A. georgiana (Georgia False Indigo) · A. georgiana var. confusa (Georgia False Indigo) · A. georgiana var. georgiana (Georgia False Indigo) · A. glabra (Mountain False Indigo) · A. herbacea (Cluster-Spike Indigo-Bush) · A. herbacea var. crenulata (Clusterspike False Indigo) · A. herbacea var. floridana (Crenulate Lead-Plant) · A. herbacea var. herbacea (Clusterspike False Indigo) · A. laevigata (Smooth False Indigo) · A. nana (Dwarf False Indigo) · A. nitens (Shining False Indigo) · A. notha (Notha Indigobush) · A. ouachitensis (Ouachita False Indigo) · A. paniculata (Panicled False Indigo) · A. roemeriana (Roemer Amorpha) · A. schwerinii (Piedmont Indigo-Bush) · A. x notha (Notha Indigobush)

More Info

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Further Reading

• Anzeiger der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe. Wien: Der Akademie, 1864-1914. url p. 400.
• Aquatic and wetland plants of southwestern United States, by Donovan S. Correll and Helen B. Correll. [Washington]Environmental Protection Agency; [For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off.]1972. url p. 1055.
• Boston journal of natural history. 5 1845 - 18 Boston, Boston Society of Natural History. url p. 215.
• Botanic contributions relating to the flora of western North America [by] Gray, Engelmann, Torrey [and] Fre?mont. v.p., 1843-53 url p. 215.
• Britton, N. L. (ed.). North American flora. [New York]New York Botanical Garden. url p. 26, p. 27.
• Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 2 1891-1894 Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1890- url p. 77.
• Flora of the southeastern United States; being descriptions of the seed-plants, ferns and fern-allies growing naturally in North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas, Louisiana, and in Oklahom by John Kunkel Small. New York, The author, 1913. url p. 624, p. 624.
• Native woody plants of the United States, their erosion-control and wildlife values. Washington, U. S. Govt. print. off., 1938. url p. 51.
• Phytologia. Bronx Park, New York, H.A. Gleason and H.N. Moldenke, url p. 134, p. 138.
• Plantae Lindheimerianae: an enumeration of F. Lindheimer's collection of Texan plants, with remarks and descriptions of new species, etc. / by George Engelmann and Asa Gray. Boston: Printed by Freeman and Bolles, 1845-[1907] url p. 7.
• Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia url p. 162, p. 162.
• Small, J. K. Flora of the southeastern United States;being descriptions of the seed-plants, ferns and fern-allies growing naturally in North Carolina, South Carolin, Georgia, Florida, Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas, Louisiana and the Indian territory and in Oklahoma and Texas east of the one-hundredth meridian /by John Kunkel Small. .. 1903 New York: The author, 1903. url p. 624.
• Smithsonian contributions to knowledge. Washington: Smithsonian Institution, 1848-1916. url p. 49.
• Torrey, J. & A. Gray A flora of North America: containing abridged descriptions of all the known indigenous and naturalized plants growing north of Mexico, arranged according to the natural system /by John Torrey and Asa Gray. New York: Wiley & Putnam, 1838-[1843]. url p. 306.

Notes

Contributors

• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal January 28, 2008:

• USDA PLANTS, USDA PLANTS Database

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3874062
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ILD-11620
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13638390
• Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:330884-2
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 25383
• Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: PDFAB080C0
• U.S.D.A. Plant Symbol: AMPA4
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 19180

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