Quercus

False Indigo-bush

Amorpha fruticosa

Native to South Carolina (estimated)

Ecological relationships

Who uses this plant?

29CaterpillarsGenus host records with ranges including SC

Genus host records with ranges including SC · Amorpha

  • Epargyreus clarusSilver-spotted Skipper
  • Achatia distinctaDistinct Quaker
  • Agonopterix argillaceaClay-Colored Agonopterix
  • Archips argyrospilaFruit-Tree Leafroller Moth
  • Automeris ioIo Moth
  • Catocala amestrisThree-Staff Underwing
  • Catocala consorsThe Consort
  • Catocala habilisHabilis Underwing
  • Catocala illectaMagdalen Underwing
  • Cecropterus lyciadesHoary Edge
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  • Cecropterus pyladesNorthern Cloudywing
  • Choristoneura rosaceanaOblique-Banded Leafroller Moth, Rosaceous Leaf Roller
  • Dasylophia anguinaBlack-Spotted Prominent
  • Digrammia ordinataOrdered Angle
  • Hypena scabraGreen Cloverworm Bomolocha, Black Snout
  • Iridopsis ephyrariaPale-Winged Gray
  • Lithophane antennataAshen Pinion
  • Pandemis limitataThree-Lined Leafroller Moth
  • Parectopa robiniellaLocust Digitate Leafminer
  • Platynota rostranaOmnivorous Platynota
  • Pleuroprucha insulsariaCommon Tan Wave
  • Schinia lucensAmorpha Flower Moth, Leadplant Moth, Flase Indigo Flower Moth
  • Sciota floridensisFlorida Sciota
  • Strymon melinusGray Hairstreak
  • Uresiphita reversalisGenista Caterpillar, Genista Cbroom Moth
  • Zerene cesoniaSouthern Dogface
  • Agonopterix dimorphella
  • Sinoe robiniella
  • Sitochroa dasconalis
Shropshire & Tallamy 2025, Lepidoptera of North America north of Mexico, ZooKeys 1261 (ODbL)
27BeesSoutheastern regional records

Southeastern regional records · Amorpha

Individual names are not available yet.

Noori, Seltmann & Orr 2026, A curated and integrated dataset for exploring global bee-plant interactions (GloBI), Zenodo, CC BY 4.0
3Specialist beesPollen specialists

Pollen specialists · Amorpha

  • Andrena cragini
  • Colletes susannae
  • Hoplitis micheneri
Smith, Bachelder, Russell, Morales, Mosher & Seltmann 2024, Bee-Specialization-Modeling v0.6.1 (specialist host table compiled from J. Fowler's pollen specialist bee lists), Zenodo, CC BY 4.0
—BirdsRecorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claim

No records yet · Ants · Beetles · Flies · Adult butterflies / moths · Other wasps · Other insects

Growing and identification

Plant details

Family
Fabaceae
Hardiness
Zones 4–9
Flower color
Purple
Growth rate
Slow
Growth habit
Several stems
Foliage color
Green
Fruit begins
Summer
Fruit ends
Fall

Safety has not been reviewed for this plant; check toxicity and thorns before planting.

Growing sources and scope
Also known as

False Indigo bush; Tall False Indigo; Tall Indigo Bush

Conservation status

South Carolina rankNot available
Global rankG5
SC statusNot verified
Federal statusNot verified

Conservation source Global and federal source

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