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Indigo Bush | Amorpha fruticosa

May contain: plant, vegetation, grass, herbal, herbs, fern, amaranthaceae, and flower
Photo Credit: Leslie J. Mehrhoff
May contain: grass, plant, purple, flower, lupin, vegetation, herbal, herbs, and pollen
Photo Credit: Norbert Frank
May contain: plant, vegetation, leaf, flower, herbal, herbs, land, nature, outdoors, rainforest, tree, acanthaceae, petal, jungle, and purple
Photo Credit: Leslie J. Mehrhoff
May contain: plant, vegetation, grass, herbal, herbs, fern, amaranthaceae, and flower
May contain: grass, plant, purple, flower, lupin, vegetation, herbal, herbs, and pollen
May contain: plant, vegetation, leaf, flower, herbal, herbs, land, nature, outdoors, rainforest, tree, acanthaceae, petal, jungle, and purple

Deciduous; variable leaf shape although usually alternating pinnate. Scented, purplish blue flowers with orange anthers occur in upright spikes.

Plant Details

Habitat NotesRiparian areas, ditches and ocassionally open wet woods.
Mature Height3-10’