Biology:Amorpha californica
| Amorpha californica | |
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| var. californica | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Faboideae |
| Genus: | Amorpha |
| Species: | A. californica
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| Binomial name | |
| Amorpha californica | |
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.[2]
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.[3]
Butterflies
The endemic California dogface butterfly larvae feed on Amorpha californica, along with the Southern dogface and the silver-spotted skipper.[2]
See also
References
- ↑ Contu, S. (2012). "Amorpha californica". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (IUCN) 208: e.T19892228A20005262.. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012.RLTS.T19892228A20005262.en.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "California False Indigo, Amorpha californica". https://calscape.org/Amorpha-californica-().
- ↑ "Amorpha californica var. napensis". https://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/eflora_display.php?tid=53918.
External links
| mode = cs1 | title = Amorpha californica | work = Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN) | url = | publisher = [[Organization:Agricultural Research ServAgricultural Research Service (ARS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) | access-date = }}
- Amorpha californica - U.C. Photo gallery
- "Amorpha californica". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=25370.
- 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.
Wikidata ☰ Q4064469 entry
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