Amorpha herbacea

Cluster-spike Indigo-bush

Fabaceae (Leguminosae)

Plant Specifics

Form:	Shrub
Size:	3-4 ft tall by 3-4 ft wide
Life Span:	Long-lived perennial
Flower Color:	White,lavender
Fruit Color:	Brown
Phenology:	Deciduous
Noted for:	Showy flowers, Interesting foliage

Landscaping

Recommended Uses:	Can be used as a specimen plant in a sunny spot or as a moderately tall wildflower.
Propagation:	Seed, cuttings.
Availability:	Seed
Light:	Full Sun,  Part Shade
Moisture Tolerance:	always floodedextremely dry
	(Not wet but not extremely dry ----- to ----- Very long very dry periods)
Moisture Tolerance:	Not wet but not extremely dry ----- to ----- Very long very dry periods
Salt Water Flooding Tolerance:	Not salt tolerant of inundation by salty or brackish water.
Salt Spray/ Salty Soil Tolerance:	Low/no tolerance of salty wind or direct salt spray
Soil or other substrate:	Sand
Soil pH:

Ecology

Wildlife:
Insects:	Larval host for silver spotted skipper (Epargyreus clarus) and southern dogface (Zerene cesonia) butterflies. Attract pollinators, especially native bees.
Native Habitats:	Flatwoods, edges of sub-xeric sand hills, scrub.

Distribution and Planting Zones

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