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 |
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(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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ecology
Wildlife: |
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Native Habitats: | Flatwoods, edges of sub-xeric sand hills, scrub. |
Distribution and Planting Zones
Natural Range in Florida
USDA Zones
Suitable to grow in:
10A 8B 9A 9B

USDA zones are based on minimum winter temperatures