Amorpha californica
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Botanical Name: Amorpha californica
Common Name: False Indigo
- Showy flower spikes and fragrant leaves. Food source for the California Dogface butterfly. Slowly spreads to form loose colony.
- Plant Family: Fabaceae
- Plant Type: Shrub
- Height by Width: 3-9' H x 3-5' W
- Growth Habit: Open fern-like leaves, multi-trunked
- Deciduous/Evergreen: Winter deciduous
- Growth Rate: Moderate
- Sun Exposure: Part shade to shade
- Soil Preference: Well-draining
- Water Requirements: Infrequent to moderate
- Cold Hardy to: 15 degrees F
- Flower Season: April - July
- Flower Color: Dark purple with orange
- Endangered?: Not listed
- Distribution: Southern North Coast Range, Foothills of Cascade Range, no. Sierra Nevada Foothills, no. San Francisco Bay, South Coast Range, Transverse Range, North and East Peninsular Range, Northern Baja
- Natural Habitat: Wooded, shrubby, open slopes or chaparral below 7,500' in the Santa Rosa and Santa Ana mountains
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