Amorpha Species, Bastard Indigo, False Indigo, River Locust (Amorpha fruticosa)

flower cose-up

by Greenish Jan 6, 2003 12:01 PM

flower arrangement

by Greenish Jan 6, 2003 12:02 PM

False Indigo growing on a Missouri creek gravel bar.

by creekwalker Nov 5, 2007 5:08 PM

Close-up of the morphing blooms...Each chamber sort of simulates a butterfly eclosing from a chrysalis,... slowly delivering the tiny flowerettes...

by debnes_dfw_tx Apr 8, 2008 3:17 AM

Just beginning to bloom out...

by debnes_dfw_tx Apr 8, 2008 3:17 AM

Growing wild along a the incline next to a large creek at a Forest Preserve in North Texas. It was easily 10 feet wide and tall.

by sweezel May 8, 2008 3:49 AM

Blooms on large speciman

by sweezel May 8, 2008 3:49 AM

Second year of blooms, up close and personal.

by debnes_dfw_tx May 11, 2009 12:28 PM

Short and sweet... but fragrant and fabulous! One of my top ten.

by debnes_dfw_tx May 11, 2009 12:28 PM

by growin Aug 11, 2011 4:01 PM

my shrub

by Jolanda40 Jul 7, 2013 5:07 PM

flowerhead with bee

by Jolanda40 Jul 7, 2013 5:07 PM

nice contrast between flowers and foliage

by Jolanda40 Jul 7, 2013 5:07 PM

Amorpha Fruticosa taken at McKinney Falls State Park in Austin TX - April 2014

by jdavis7123 Apr 30, 2014 12:01 PM

Amorpha Fruticosa growing in partial shade. Purchased from Matilija Native Plant Nursery. Hostplant for Dogface Butterflies.

by ezeemonee Nov 14, 2015 6:36 AM

Looking into the shrub at stems in northeast Illinois in July 2016

by Rickwebb Aug 2, 2016 5:07 PM

A specimen at Morton Arboretum in ne IL in July 2016

by Rickwebb Aug 2, 2016 5:07 PM