[The Pea Family in the Columbia River Gorge of Oregon and Washington]

Desert False-indigo, False Indigo, False Indigo-bush, Western False Indigo

Amorpha fruticosa

Synonyms: Amorpha angustifolia, Amorpha bushii, Amorpha croceolanata, Amorpha curtissii, Amorpha dewinkeleri, Amorpha occidentalis, Amorpha tennesseensis, Amorpha virgata

Desert False-indigo, False Indigo, False Indigo-bush, Western False Indigo: Amorpha fruticosa (Synonyms: Amorpha angustifolia, Amorpha bushii, Amorpha croceolanata, Amorpha curtissii, Amorpha dewinkeleri, Amorpha occidentalis, Amorpha tennesseensis, Amorpha virgata)

False indigo as seen at Dalton Point in the western Columbia River Gorge..........August 19, 2009.

Leaf of Desert False-indigo, False Indigo, False Indigo-bush, Western False Indigo: Amorpha fruticosa (Synonyms: Amorpha angustifolia, Amorpha bushii, Amorpha croceolanata, Amorpha curtissii, Amorpha dewinkeleri, Amorpha occidentalis, Amorpha tennesseensis, Amorpha virgata)

Pinnately compound leaf of false indigo as seen at Dalton Point in the western Columbia River Gorge..........August 19, 2009.

Paul Slichter