FABACEAE
Amorpha fruticosa
Common Names: False Indigo, Indigo-bush Amorpha
Amorpha leaf - it is once odd-pinnately compound, meaning that there is a terminal leaflet (resulting in an odd number of leaflets) and only once-pinnate | these fruits - legumes - are textured with warty dots; "gland dotted" - these are lenticels |
habit - "fruticosa" means shrubby or bushy | |
inflorescence a raceme - individual flowers have purple calyces | |
young, emerging inflorescence | another young, emerging inflorescence |