Amorpha Fruticosa " False Indigo"

Amorpha Fruticosa " False Indigo" host plant

Butterfly host plant for Silver Spotted Skipper ( Epargyreus Claurus)

Pot Size: 1 gallon 

Height: 8" to 16"

Facts about Amorpha Fruticosa host plant and 

How to grow and Care of them.

Also known as Baptisia Australis or blue false indigo this plant is an excellent host plant for your garden.

* Description: Shrub with fragrant deep purple flowers with bright green leaves. The pungent, compound leaves of this species reach about 6" long, with linear-oblong leaflets 3/8"-3/4" long. Spikes of yellow- anthered, dark purple flowers appear at the branch tips, each spike measuring up to 6" long.

* Bloom Season: February- August

* Habitat/ Range: Forest margins and stream banks of eastern Canada and the continental United States, south to northern Mexico and throughout mainland Florida.

* Family: Fabaceae

* Zones: 4 to 9

* Height: 4 to 12 feet

* Sun: Full sun 

* Water: Medium to wet