Amorpha fruiticosa (False Indigo)
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Other Common Names in use: Desert False Indigo, Indigobush, and Indigo Bush.

With most of its foliage in the upper third of the tall, bushy plant, Amorpha fruticosa can form thickets in dense plantings. The genus name is from the Greek for formless or deformed, because the single-petaled flower is unlike most blossoms in the pea family.

Genus Amorpha is a legume. Prairie Moon provides species-specific inoculum with most legumes free of charge. Inoculum will keep refrigerated for approximately 1 year. To properly inoculate your legume seed prior to planting, follow germination code I.

Seeds / Packet: 100
Seeds / Ounce: 3,700

Dormant bare root plants ship each year during optimal transplanting seasons: Spring (April - May) and Fall (October).
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Catalog Number AMO04T
Scientific Name Amorpha fruiticosa
Common Name False Indigo
Germination Code C(10), I
Seeds / Packet 100
Seeds / Ounce 3,700
Wetland Code FACW+
Sun Exposure Prairie , Savanna
Soil Moisture Wet Mesic , Mesic , Dry Mesic
Height to 12 feet
Bloom Color Purple
Bloom Time June , July , August
Plant Type Trees & Shrubs
Availability Seeds , Bare Root Plants
Price:
Seeds
Quantity: Pricing: Order:
Packet $2.00
1/2 oz. $3.25
1 oz. $5.00
1 lb. $75.00
Bare Root Plants
Quantity: Pricing: # of Plants:
1 - 2 $5.00
3 - 11 $4.00
12 - 35 $4.00
36 - 99 $4.00
 
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Amorpha fruiticosa (False Indigo)
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Present in state Present in county, native to state Present in county, not native to state  
Not present in state Present historically, now extirpated    
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