Amorpha fruticosa is a species of flowering plant in the legume family Fabaceae, known by several common names, including desert false indigo, false indigo-bush, and bastard indigobush.[3] It is native to North America.
Amorpha fruticosa is a perennial shrub.[4] It grows as a glandular, thornless shrub which can reach 5 or 6m (16 or 20ft) in height and spread to twice that in width. It is somewhat variable in morphology. The leaves are made up of many hairy, oval-shaped, spine-tipped leaflets. The inflorescence is a spike-shaped raceme of many flowers, each with a single purple petal and ten protruding stamens with yellow anthers. The fruit is a legume pod containing one or two seeds.[5]
Distribution and habitat
The native range extends through much of the United States and south into Mexico.[6] Its native habitats include stream and pond edges, open woods, roadsides and canyons.[4]
The species has escaped cultivation elsewhere and is present as an introduced species in Europe,[7] Asia, and other continents. It is often cultivated as an ornamental plant, and some wild populations may be descended from garden escapes. Invasive in Georgia.
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