Amorpha californica
Amorpha californica is a species of flowering plant in the legume family known by the common name California false indigo.
| Amorpha californica | |
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| var. californica | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Faboideae |
| Genus: | Amorpha |
| Species: | A. californica |
| Binomial name | |
| Amorpha californica | |
It is native to California, Arizona, and northern Baja California, where it grows in the California chaparral and woodlands and other chaparral and oak woodlands habitats.
Description
Amorpha californica is a glandular, thorn-less shrub with leaves made up of spiny, oval-shaped leaflets each tipped with a resin gland. The scattered inflorescences are spike-like racemes of flowers, each flower with a single violet petal and ten protruding stamens. The fruit is a legume pod containing usually a single seed.
Butterflies
The endemic California dogface butterfly larvae feed on Amorpha californica.
References
- Contu, S. (2012). "Amorpha californica". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 208. e.T19892228A20005262. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012.RLTS.T19892228A20005262.en.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Amorpha californica. |
- Jepson Manual Treatment - Amorpha californica
- USDA Plants Profile: Amorpha californica
- "Amorpha californica". Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN). Agricultural Research Service (ARS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA).
- Amorpha californica - U.C. Photo gallery
- "Amorpha californica". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
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