PLANTS Profile for Amorpha californica (California false indigo)

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PLANTS Profile

Amorpha californica Nutt.
California false indigo

Symbol:

AMCA5

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Fabaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Shrub

Native Status:

L48

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Tracey Slotta. Provided by ARS Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory. United Kingdom, England, Liverpool. Usage Requirements.

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Amorpha californica Nutt.

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Distribution:
Amorpha californica Nutt.


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USA (AZ, CA)

Related Taxa:
Amorpha californica Nutt.

View 236 genera in Fabaceae, 14 species in Amorpha or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.

Distribution of Amorpha californica Nutt. var. californica. .

Amorpha californica var. californica
California false indigo

Distribution of Amorpha californica Nutt. var. napensis Jeps.. . Image Available.

Amorpha californica var. napensis
Napa false indigo

Native

Introduced

Classification:
Amorpha californica Nutt.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Rosidae
Order	Fabales
Family	Fabaceae – Pea family
Genus	Amorpha L. – false indigo
Species	Amorpha californica Nutt. – California false indigo

Wetland Indicator Status:

NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]). For updated wetland information about this species, see the latest wetland list.

Amorpha californica Nutt.

Nat. Ind.

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Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

FACU,FAC

FAC

FACU

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Amorpha californica Nutt.

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View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 25370.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

Time Generated: 01/03/2013 03:01 PM CST