PLANTS Profile for Amorpha canescens (leadplant)

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Amorpha canescens Pursh
leadplant

Symbol:

AMCA6

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Fabaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Subshrub
Shrub

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N

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Amorpha canescens Pursh

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Synonyms:
Amorpha canescens Pursh

AMBR6

Amorpha brachycarpa Palmer

Distribution:
Amorpha canescens Pursh


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See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (AR, CO, IA, IL, IN, KS, LA, MI, MN, MO, MT, ND, NE, NM, OK, SD, TX, WI, WY), CAN (MB, ON)

Related Taxa:
Amorpha canescens Pursh

View 236 genera in Fabaceae, 14 species in Amorpha

Classification:
Amorpha canescens Pursh

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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 canescens Pursh – leadplant

More Accounts and Images:
Amorpha canescens Pursh

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account from USDA Forest Service Fire Effects Information System (FEIS).

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

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 25371.

View species account from Kemper Center for Home Gardening.

View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

View 1 propagation protocol from Native Plants Network.

View species account and photographs from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium.

Related Web Sites:
Amorpha canescens Pursh

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KS-Kansas Wildflowers and Grasses

MO-Missouri Botanical Garden Plant Finder

MO-Missouri Plants

NC-Plant Fact Sheets (NCSU)

OK-Noble Plant Image Gallery

OK-Oklahoma Biological Survey

UK-Plants For A Future

WI-University of Wisconsin Freckmann Herbarium

Time Generated: 01/03/2013 12:04 PM CST