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Amorpha ouachitensis
Also called Ouachita Indigobush, Ouachita Leadplant, Ouachita Mountain Leadplant
Amorpha ouachitensis is an uncommon North American species of flowering plant in the legume family known by the common names Ouachita leadplant, Ouachita Mountain leadplant, Ouachita false indigo, and Ouachita indigobush. It is native to Oklahoma and Arkansas in the United States.
Amorpha ouachitensis is a shrub growing up to about 2 meters (80 inches) tall. The compound leaves are each made up of several oval leaflets. The inflorescence is made up of many flowers with purple petals and yellow anthers.
Baja California False Indigo · California false indigo · Leadplant · Clusterspike False Indigo · Desert false indigo · Georgia false indigo · Dwarf false indigo · Shining false indigo · False indigo
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Amorpha ouachitensis by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
