FABACEAE

Amorpha fruticosa

Common Names: False Indigo, Indigo-bush Amorpha

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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