Amorpha californica
{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}}
{{Speciesbox
|image = Amorphacalifornica1.jpg
|image_caption = var. californica
|status = LC
|status_system = IUCN3.1
|status_ref = {{cite journal |author=Contu, S.|name-list-style=amp |title=Amorpha californica |journal=The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species |volume=208 |at=e.T19892228A20005262. |publisher=IUCN |year=2012 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012.RLTS.T19892228A20005262.en|doi-access=free }}
|genus = Amorpha
|species = californica
|authority = Nutt.
}}
Amorpha californica is a species of flowering plant in the legume family known by the common name California false indigo.
It is native to California, Arizona, and northern Baja California, where it grows in the California chaparral and woodlands and other chaparral and oak woodlands habitats. It is generally considered an understory plant.
Description
Amorpha californica is a glandular, thorn-less shrub with leaves made up of spiny, oval-shaped leaflets each tipped with a resin gland. The scattered inflorescences are spike-like racemes of flowers, each flower with a single violet petal and ten protruding stamens. The fruit is a legume pod containing usually a single seed.
Subspecies
The standard variety is Amorpha californica var. californica. Amorpha california var. napensis is a rare plant; it only grows around San Francisco and in the North Coast Ranges.{{Cite web |title=Amorpha californica var. napensis |url=https://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/eflora_display.php?tid=53918 |access-date=2022-09-01 |website=ucjeps.berkeley.edu}}
Butterflies
The endemic California dogface butterfly larvae feed on Amorpha californica, along with the Southern dogface and the silver-spotted skipper.{{Cite web |title=California False Indigo, Amorpha californica |url=https://calscape.org/Amorpha-californica-() |access-date=2022-09-01 |website=calscape.org}}
See also
References
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External links
{{Commons category|Amorpha californica}}
- [http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?3691,3713,3714 Jepson Manual Treatment - Amorpha californica]
- [http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=AMCA5 USDA Plants Profile: Amorpha californica]
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- [http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?query_src=photos_index&where-taxon=Amorpha+californica Amorpha californica - U.C. Photo gallery]
- {{ITIS |id=25370 |taxon=Amorpha californica}}
- [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8803116/ The complete chloroplast genome of the threatened Napa False Indigo Amorpha californica var. napensis Jeps. 1925 (Fabaceae) from Northern California, USA]
- Wilbur, Robert L. “A REVISION OF THE NORTH AMERICAN GENUS AMORPHA (LEGUMINOSAE-PSORALEAE).” Rhodora, vol. 77, no. 811, 1975, pp. 337–409. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/23311397. Accessed 1 Sep. 2022.
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Category:Flora of Baja California
Category:Flora of the Sierra Nevada (United States)
Category:Natural history of the California Coast Ranges
Category:Natural history of the Santa Monica Mountains
Category:Butterfly food plants
Category:Plants described in 1838
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