Clusterspike Indigo-bush

Amorpha herbacea

Native to South Carolina (estimated)

Photographs are not available yet.

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
Flower color: Pink

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

Growing sources and scope

Flower color · “Pink” · Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
Height · “Up to about 4 feet” · Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
Life cycle · “Perennial” · Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
primary_flower_color · “pink” · Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center

Also known as

Clusterspike Indigo bush

Conservation status

South Carolina rank	Not available
Global rank	G4
SC status	Not verified
Federal status	Not verified

Conservation source Global and federal source

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