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词条 Amorpha californica
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  1. Description

  2. Butterflies

  3. External links

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|name = Amorpha californica
|image = Amorphacalifornica1.jpg
|image_caption = var. californica
|regnum = Plantae
|unranked_divisio = Angiosperms
|unranked_classis = Eudicots
|unranked_ordo = Rosids
|ordo = Fabales
|familia = Fabaceae
|subfamilia = Faboideae
|genus = Amorpha
|species = A. californica
|binomial = Amorpha californica
|binomial_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.

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.

Butterflies

The endemic California dogface butterfly larvae feed on Amorpha californica.

External links

{{Commons category|Amorpha californica}}
  • Jepson Manual Treatment - Amorpha californica
  • USDA Plants Profile: Amorpha californica
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  • Amorpha californica - U.C. Photo gallery
  • {{ITIS |id=25370 |taxon=Amorpha californica}}
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9 : Amorpheae|Flora of California|Flora of Arizona|Flora of Baja California|Flora of the Sierra Nevada (U.S.)|Natural history of the California Coast Ranges|Natural history of the Santa Monica Mountains|Butterfly food plants|Plants described in 1838

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