Amorpha brachycarpa Palmer
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Amorpha canescens Pursh Leadplant
The lead plant is a North American native. The name derives from a grayish sheen on the leaves, due to abundant short dense hairs. Identification: Plants are 12-36" (30-91 cm) tall, sometimes producing side branches; sometimes upright, sometimes sprawling. The leaves are bipinnate, composed of up to 50 leaflets each, 4-12" (10-30 cm) long overall, with leaflets about ¼" (6.3 mm) × ½" (1.3 cm). Long vertical flower spikes are covered with tiny purple flowers.
Flowerhead of Amorpha canescens, Wind Cave National Park, South Dakota. Photo by Jim Pisarowicz of the National Park Service. Online References:
The USDA Forest Service's Fire Effects Information Database The Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Plants for a Future, a resource and information centre for edible and otherwise useful plants The University of Wisconsin's Robert W. Freckmann Herbarium The Michigan Natural Features Inventory Michigan State University’s Native Plant Facts Amorpha canescens description by Thomas H. Kent, last updated 25 May 2020.
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