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Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and the Missouri Botanical Garden. ^ a b c "The Plant List entry for Amorpha".

National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. Germplasm Resources Information Network-(GRIN). ^ USDA ARS National Genetic Resources Program.Cardiff School of Computer Science & Informatics. International Legume Database & Information Service. ^ "ILDIS LegumeWeb entry for Amorpha"."Structure of amorphol-A rotenoid bioside from plants of the genus Amorpha". ^ Kasymov AU, Kondratenko ES, Abubakirov NK (1974).The following hybrid has been described: The status of the following species is unresolved: Species names with uncertain taxonomic status Amorpha roemeriana Scheele-Roemer's false indigo.Amorpha ouachitensis Wilbur-Ouachita false indigo.Amorpha herbacea Walter-clusterspike false indigo.Amorpha glabra Poir.-mountain false indigo.Amorpha georgiana Wilbur-Georgia false indigo.Amorpha fruticosa L.-desert false indigo.Gray-California false indigo, mock locust Native Americans used the dried leaves of lead plant for pipe smoking and tea.Īmorpha species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including Schinia lucens, which feeds exclusively on the genus.Īmorphol, a rotenoid bioside, can be isolated from plants of the genus Amorpha. Desert false indigo also contains some indigo pigment that can be used to make blue dye. Lead plant is often associated with little bluestem ( Schizachyrium scoparium), a common prairie grass. River-locust, false indigo, indigobush amorpha, indigobush Uses Ethnobotanic: Resinous pustules on the plant contain amorpha, a contact and stomachic insecticide that also acts as an insect repellant (Huxley 1992). The lead plant ( Amorpha canescens), a bushy shrub, is an important North American prairie legume. The species is considered a rare species in the US state of West Virginia and in the Canadian provinces of Manitoba and Ontario, but is considered an invasive plant in some areas of the northeastern and northwestern United States and in southeastern Canada, beyond its native range, and has also been introduced into Europe. The desert false indigo or indigo bush ( Amorpha fruticosa), is a shrub that grows from 3 m to 5 m tall. Amorpha is missing the wing and keel petals. The name Amorpha means "deformed" or "without form" in Greek and was given because flowers of this genus only have one petal, unlike the usual "pea-shaped" flowers of the Faboideae subfamily. All the species are native to North America, from southern Canada, most of the United States (US), and northern Mexico. Amorpha is a genus of plants in the pea family, Fabaceae.