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Fabaceae
Indigo Bush
Amorpha fruticosa
Resilience and adaptability.
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Amorpha
- Native to
- North America, United States, Mexico
- Bloom season
- Late Spring, Early Summer
- Type
- deciduous shrub
- Height
- 200-500 cm
- Sunlight
- full sun to partial shade
- Soil
- adaptable, tolerates poor and wet soils
- Water
- moderate
- Hardiness
- 4-9
- Lifespan
- perennial
Did you know
- The genus name Amorpha means 'without form' because the flowers lack the typical butterfly shape of other legumes.
- Each tiny flower has only one petal instead of the five petals typical of the pea family.
- The bright orange anthers contrasting with dark purple petals make the flower spikes strikingly colorful.
- As a nitrogen-fixing plant, indigo bush improves soil fertility wherever it grows.
- The plant was historically used to produce a blue dye, though it is not as potent as true indigo.
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