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False Indigos - Photo (c) Peter Gorman, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA) CC
False Indigos (Genus Amorpha) Info
Amorpha is a genus of plants in the pea family, Fabaceae. All the species are native to North America, from southern Canada, most of the United States (US), and northern Mexico. They are commonly known as false indigo. The name Amorpha means "deformed" or "without form" in Greek and was given because flowers of this genus only have one petal, unlike the usual "pea-shaped" flowers of the Faboideae subfamily. Amorpha is missing the wing and keel... (Wikipedia)
False Indigo Bush - Photo (c) Peter May, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Peter May CC
False Indigo Bush (Amorpha fruticosa) Info
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. It is found wild in most of the contiguous United States, southeastern Canada, and northern Mexico, but it is probably naturalized in the northeastern and northwestern portion of its current range. The species is also present as an introduced species in Europe, Asia, and other c (Wikipedia)
Amorpha - Photo (c) Patrick Coin, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA) CC
Genus Amorpha Info
Amorpha is a genus of moths in the Sphingidae family. (Wikipedia)
Walnut Sphinx - Photo (c) Lorena, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Lorena CC
Walnut Sphinx (Amorpha juglandis) Info
Amorpha juglandis (walnut sphinx) is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is native to North America, where it is distributed from the Atlantic Ocean to the Rocky Mountains in Canada and the United States. (Wikipedia)
Leadplant - Photo (c) ljbrown, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) CC
Leadplant (Amorpha canescens) Info
Amorpha Canescens (Amorpha brachycarpa, Leadplant, Leadplant amorpha, Downy indigo bush, Prairie shoestring, Buffalo bellows) is a 30–90 cm (1–3 ft) tall perennial semi-shrub in the Pea family (Fabaceae) that is native to North America. It has very small purple flowers with yellow stamens which are grouped in racemes. Depending on location, the flowers bloom from late June through mid-September. The compound leaves of this plant appear leaden (the reason (Wikipedia)
California False Indigo - Photo (c) David Hofmann, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND) CC
California False Indigo (Amorpha californica) Info
Amorpha californica is a species of flowering plant in the legume family known by the common name California false indigo. (Wikipedia)
Skeletocutis amorpha - Photo (c) karsten_s, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by karsten_s CC
Skeletocutis amorpha Info
Skeletocutis amorpha is a species of poroid fungus in the family Polyporaceae, and the type species of the genus Skeletocutis. (Wikipedia)
Fragrant Indigobush - Photo (c) Colin Murray, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Colin Murray CC
Fragrant Indigobush (Amorpha nana) Info
Amorpha nana (dwarf indigo, dwarf indigobush, dwarf false indigo, fragrant indigo-bush, fragrant false indigo, dwarf wild indigo) is a 1-3 feet (30-90cm) tall perennial shrub in the Pea family (Fabaceae) which is native to North America. It has vibrant green pinnate leaves and clusters of purple flowers. The fruits are small pods. Dwarf false indigo grows in dry prairies and rocky hillsides. Amorpha nana likes rocky and sandy soil. (Wikipedia)
Amorpha Borer - Photo (c) Chelsea Gottfried, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Chelsea Gottfried CC
Amorpha Borer (Megacyllene decora) Info
Megacyllene decora, the Amorpha borer, is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae occurring in the central United States. Its larvae feed only on the false indigo plant, Amorpha fruticosa, and its range largely overlaps that of the host plant. It was described by Olivier in 1795. (Wikipedia)
Ouachita False Indigo - Photo (c) Joy Weese Moll, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) CC
Ouachita False Indigo (Amorpha ouachitensis) Info
Amorpha ouachitensis is an uncommon North American species of flowering plant in the legume family known by the common names Ouachita leadplant, Ouachita Mountain leadplant, Ouachita false indigo, and Ouachita indigobush. It is native to Oklahoma and Arkansas in the United States. (Wikipedia)
Shining False Indigo - Photo (c) Eric Hunt, all rights reserved, uploaded by Eric Hunt C
Shining False Indigo (Amorpha nitens) Info
Amorpha nitens, known as shining false indigo, is a species of flowering plant in the pea family. It is native to the southern United States, in Arkansas, Tennessee, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Illinois, Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky and South Carolina. (Wikipedia)
Ordered Angle - Photo (c) ksandsman, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by ksandsman CC
Ordered Angle (Digrammia ordinata) Info
Digrammia ordinata, the amorpha angle, is a species of geometrid moth in the family Geometridae. It is found in North America. (Wikipedia)