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Amorpha fruticosa is a species of flowering plant in the legume family Fabaceae, known by several common names, including desert false indigo, false indigo-bush, and bastard indigobush. [3] It is native to North America.
Dalea pulchra, the Santa Catalina prairie clover or indigo bush, is a perennial shrub or subshrub of the subfamily Faboideae in the pea family-().It is found in the southwestern United States and Northwestern Mexico in the states of Arizona, New Mexico, Sonora, and Chihuahua, in the Madrean sky islands region and associated areas.
Dalea is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae.Members of the genus are commonly known as prairie clover [2] or indigo bush. [3] Its name honors English apothecary Samuel Dale (1659–1739). [4]
These are shrubs and small trees. Many are known by the general common name indigo bush. Some are referred to as daleas, as this genus was once included in genus Dalea. These are generally thorny, thickly branched, strongly scented bushes. Most species bear lupinlike raceme inflorescences of bright purple legume flowers and gland-rich pods.
The common name indigo bush can refer to plants in any of several genera in the legume family, including: Amorpha, native to North America; Dalea; Psorothamnus; See also
Lead plant is often associated with little bluestem (Schizachyrium scoparium), a common prairie grass. Native Americans used the dried leaves of lead plant for pipe smoking and tea. Amorpha species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including Schinia lucens , which feeds exclusively on the genus.
Psorothamnus fremontii, the Fremont's dalea or Fremont's indigo bush (after John C. Frémont [1]) is a perennial legume shrub. Distribution.
Psorothamnus polydenius is a species of flowering plant in the legume family known by the common names Nevada dalea [1] and Nevada indigobush. It is native to the deserts of the southwestern United States from the Mojave Desert in California to Utah .