Fabaceae
Mountain false indigo
Amorpha glabra
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Amorpha
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Common names
By language (2)
- Arabic
- ناقصة مبثورة
- English
- Mountain false indigo
Synonyms
- Amorpha fruticosa var. glabra Bean
- Amorpha montana Boynton
- Amorpha retusa Raf.
Flowers
- Flower colour
- purple (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Toxicity: Slight, as listed by the USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29). USDA rates how toxic a plant is to people or livestock; it is not a pet-safety rating, so ask a vet or poison line if a pet or child ate it.
Photos
Photo: Sesamehoneytart, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.