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fimorpha 



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Amorpha fruticosa Linne 1753 False Indigo 



Tall shrub, 1-3 meters (3-9 ft.) high; leaves 15-30 cm. long, leaflets 

 9-25, short-stalked, oblong or broadly elliptic, rounded and mucronate at 

 the tip, rounded or slightly narrowed at the base, 2-3.5 cm. long, 1.2 cm. 

 wide; spikes clustered, 7-15 cm. long, clustered or solitary, flowers very 

 numerous, purple, 7-10 mm. long, stamens exserted, with bright orange 

 anthers; pod 5-10 mm. long, with numerous dark glands, thick-stalked: 

 fruticosa, shrubby. 



Common throughout the state except northeast. Along banks of rivers, 

 streams and lakes. Distributed from Ohio to Manitoba, south to Fla., 

 Colo, and Chihuahua. Flowers in June and July, fruit ripe in August. 



