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Common Names
Common Names in English:
Panicled False Indigo, Panicled Indigobush
Description
Subfamily Faboideae
Mostly herbs, shrubs , or trees . Leaves pinnate or palmate to trifoliolate or apparently simple . Corolla usually, showy, zygomorphic, the petals imbricate, posterior (upper or banner ) petal outermost in bud. Stamens 10 or 9 + 1 (diadelphous ), not showy. Pollen released in monads . Seeds with u-shaped line (pleurogram) lacking. [Carr]
Physical Description
Habit: Shrub • Climbing: Not Climbing
Flowers: Bloom Period: April, May. • Flower Color: purple
Size/Age/Growth
Size: 6-8' tall.
Biology
Reproduction
Duration: Perennial
Growth
Culture: Space 8-10' apart.
Soil: Minimum pH: 5.6 • Maximum pH: 6.5
Sunlight: Sun Exposure: Full sun to partial shade.
Temperature: Cold Hardiness: 7a, 7b, 8a, 8b. (map)
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Plantae
()
- Haeckel, 1866
- Plants
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
()
- Cavalier-Smith, 1981
- Phylum:
Magnoliophyta
()
- Cronquist, Takhtajan & W. Zimmermann, 1966
- Flowering Plants
- Subphylum:
Spermatophytina
()
- (Auct.) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Infraphylum:
Angiospermae
()
- Auct.
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
()
- Brongniart, 1843
- Dicotyledons
- Subclass:
Rosidae
()
- Takhtajan, 1967
- Superorder:
Fabanae
()
- R. Dahlgren Ex Reveal, 1993
- Order:
Fabales
()
- Family:
Papilionaceae
()
- Subfamily:
Faboideae
()
- Tribe:
Amaryllideae
()
- Genus:
Amorpha
()
- L.
- Specific epithet:
paniculata
- Torr. & A.Gray
- Botanical name: - Amorpha paniculata
- Specific epithet:
paniculata
- Torr. & A.Gray
- Genus:
Amorpha
(
- Tribe:
Amaryllideae
(
- Subfamily:
Faboideae
(
- Family:
Papilionaceae
(
- Order:
Fabales
(
- Superorder:
Fabanae
(
- Subclass:
Rosidae
(
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
(
- Infraphylum:
Angiospermae
(
- Subphylum:
Spermatophytina
(
- Phylum:
Magnoliophyta
(
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
(
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: –
Similar Species
Members of the genus Amorpha
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 77 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:
A. alpina · A. angustifolia · A. apiculata · A. arizonica · A. brachycarpa · A. californica (California False Indigo) · A. californica var. californica (California False Indigo) · A. californica var. napensis (Napa False Indigo) · A. canadensis · A. canescens (Leadplant Amorpha) · A. caroliniana · A. crenulata (Crenulate Lead-Plant) · A. crenulata var. crenulata · A. croceolanata · A. curtissii · A. cyanostachya · A. cynostachya · A. densiflora · A. dewinkleri · A. elata · A. elatior · A. emarginata · A. floridana · A. floridana var. herbacea · A. fragrans · A. fruticans · A. fruticosa (Desert False Indigo) · A. fruticosa angustifolia · A. fruticosa 'Crispa' · A. fruticosa f. latior · A. fruticosa glabra · A. fruticosa 'Pendula' · A. georgiana (Georgia False Indigo) · A. georgiana var. confusa (Georgia False Indigo) · A. georgiana var. georgiana (Georgia False Indigo) · A. glabra (Mountain False Indigo) · A. glandulosa · A. herbacea (Cluster-Spike Indigo-Bush) · A. herbacea var. crenulata (Clusterspike False Indigo Bush) · A. herbacea var. floridana (Crenulate Lead-Plant) · A. herbacea var. herbacea (Clusterspike False Indigo) · A. hispidula · A. humilis · A. instibilis · A. laevigata (Smooth False Indigo) · A. laevigata pubescens · A. laevigata typica · A. lewisii · A. manitobae · A. microphylla · A. modesta · A. montana · A. nana (Fragrant False Indigo) · A. nitens (Shining False Indigo) · A. notha (Notha Indigobush) · A. occidentalis · A. ouachitensis (Ouachita False Indigo) · A. ovalis · A. pallens · A. paniculata (Panicled False Indigo) · A. pedalis · A. pendula · A. perforata · A. pubescens · A. pumila · A. robinsonii · A. roemeriana (Roemer's False Indigo) · A. schwerini · A. schwerinii (Schwerin's False Indigo) · A. stenophylla · A. subglabra · A. tennesseensis · A. tennessensis · A. texana · A. texana mollis · A. virgata · A. x notha (Notha Indigobush)
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Further Reading
- Aquatic and wetland plants of southwestern United States, by Donovan S. Correll and Helen B. Correll. [Washington]Environmental Protection Agency; [For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off.]1972. ENG url p. 1055.
- Autikon botanikon. Icones plantarum select. nov. vel rariorum, plerumque americana, interdum african. europ. asiat. oceanic &c. centur, xxv.--Botanical illustrations by select specimens or self-figures in 25 centuries o In 5 parts of 5 centuries each of t Philadelphia, Collected, ascertained and described between 1815 & 1840. LAT url p. 79.
- Flora of the southeastern United States; being descriptions of the seed-plants, ferns and fern-allies growing naturally in North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas, Louisiana, and in Oklahom by John Kunke New York, The author, 1913. ENG url p. 624.
Notes
Contributors
- Bisby FA, Roskov YR, Orrell TM, Nicolson D, Paglinawan LE, Bailly N, Kirk PM, Bourgoin T, van Hertum J, eds (2008). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2008 Annual Checklist Taxonomic Classification. CD-ROM; Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed January 28, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 2 providers.
- ILDIS
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal January 28, 2008:
- USDA PLANTS, USDA PLANTS Database
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3874062
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ILD-11620
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13638390
- Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:330884-2
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 25383
- Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: PDFAB080C0
- U.S.D.A. Plant Symbol: AMPA4
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 19180
