Plant observation data provided by the participants of the California Consortia of Herbaria, Sunset information provided by Jepson Flora Project. All text shown in the 'About' section of these pages is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. This species is said to be somewhat difficult in cultivation and is more often used in restoration projects.

The Amorpha genus is host to the California Dogface Butterfly, the official state butterfly. This species is somewhat neater in appearance than its close cousin, Amorpha fruticosa, which is more common in San Diego, Orange and Riverside Counties. napensis is a rare plant found only in a few counties north of San Francisco. The fruit is a legume pod containing usually a single seed. The scattered flower clusters are spike-like racemes of flowers, each flower with a single purple petal and ten protruding stamens. This is a hairy, thornless shrub with leaves made up of spiny, oval-shaped leaflets each tipped with a resin gland. It is native to California, Arizona, and northern Baja California, where it grows in chaparral and woodland habitat. About California False Indigo (Amorpha californica) 3 Nurseries Carry This PlantĪmorpha californica is a species of flowering plant in the Fabaceae (Legume) family known by the common name California False Indigo.

Indigo plant