False Indigo Bush

Amorpha fruticosa L. - Pea family

Size

Mature Height: Up to around 15.0 feet

Planting Distance: 4.0 feet

Plant Type: Shrub

Root Depth: 24 inches

Growth Form: Multiple Stem

Growth Rate: Slow

Features

Flower Color: Purple

Conspicuous Flowers: No

Bloom Time: Late Spring

Seasonal Growth: Spring and Summer

Evergreen: No

Fall Colors: No

Conditions

Shade Tolerance: Intolerant

Clay Soil Tolerance: No

Sandy Soil Tolerance: Yes

Drought Tolerance: Medium

Flood Tolerance: None

Fire Tolerance: Low

Salt Tolerance: Low

Ecosystem Interactions

Pollinators: Native Bees; Beetles, Wasps, Flies; Butterflies; Nesting and Structure (Bees); Larval Host (Butterfly); Larval Host (Moth)

Larval Species depending on False Indigo Bush: Achalarus lyciades, Agonopterix argillacea, Agonopterix dimorphella, Automeris io io, Catocala amestris, Colias cesonia, Epargyreus clarus, Filatima ornatifimbriella, Parectopa robiniella, Phyllonorycter uhlerella, Platynota rostrana, Sinoe robiniella, Sitochroa diasconalis, Uresiphita reversalis, Walshia amorphella, Zerene cesonia

Native Range

USA: Alabama, Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Idaho, Illinois, Kentucky, Maryland, Minnesota, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Washington, Wisconsin, Wyoming
MEX: Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest

Regional Native Status: L48 (N), CAN (N)

State-level native status is based on data available through Plants of the World Online. Regional Native Status comes from the USDA Plants Database. For more detailed native status information, please refer to BONAP.