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False Indigo Bush A food plant for silver spotted skippers and dogface butterflies, its presence explains why there are so many dogface butterflies in this particular area. Amorpha fruticosa,False Indigo Bush,Geotagged,Spring,United States Click/tap to enlarge Country intro

False Indigo Bush

A food plant for silver spotted skippers and dogface butterflies, its presence explains why there are so many dogface butterflies in this particular area.

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  1. Really cool how you supply that extra information. Posted 10 years ago

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''Amorpha fruticosa'' is a species of flowering plant in the legume family known by several common names, including desert false indigo, false indigo-bush, and bastard indigobush. It is found wild in most of the contiguous United States, southeastern Canada, and northern Mexico, but it is probably naturalized in the northeastern and northwestern portion of its current range. The species is also present as an introduced species in Europe, Asia, and other continents. It is often cultivated as an ornamental.. more

Similar species: Fabales
Species identified by Meryl Green
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Uploaded Feb 3, 2015. Captured Apr 19, 2014 12:35 in Wekiva River Road, Florida, USA.
  • Canon EOS REBEL T3
  • f/5.6
  • 1/80s
  • ISO400
  • 55mm