Summary
Place of publication:
Fl. Amer. sept. 2:467. 1813
Comment:
for date of this publication see Taxon 57:305. 2008
Verified:
02/12/1988
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
- Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin). 2009
- Bolley, H. L. 1893. Notes on root tubercles (Wurzelkn&luml;lchen) of indigenous and exotic legumes in virgin soil of northwest. Agric. Sci. (Geneva) 7:58-66.
- Encke, F. et al. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage. 1984
- Huxley, A., ed. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. 1992
- Kindscher, K. Medicinal wild plants of the prairie: an ethnobotanical guide. 1992
- Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. Hortus third. 1976
- Markle, G. M. et al., eds. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2. 1998
- Moerman, D. Native American ethnobotany, ed. 5. 1998
- Wilbur, R. L. 1975. A revision of the North American genus Amorpha (Leguminosae-Psoraleae). Rhodora 77:367.
Common names
English
leadplant – Swedish
grå segelbuske –
Distribution
| order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | North-Central U.S.A. | United States | Illinois | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | North-Central U.S.A. | United States | Iowa | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | North-Central U.S.A. | United States | Kansas | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | North-Central U.S.A. | United States | Minnesota | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | North-Central U.S.A. | United States | Missouri | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | North-Central U.S.A. | United States | Nebraska | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | North-Central U.S.A. | United States | North Dakota | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | North-Central U.S.A. | United States | Oklahoma | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | North-Central U.S.A. | United States | South Dakota | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | North-Central U.S.A. | United States | Wisconsin | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Northeastern U.S.A. | United States | Indiana | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Northeastern U.S.A. | United States | Michigan | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Northwestern U.S.A. | United States | Colorado | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Northwestern U.S.A. | United States | Wyoming | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | South-Central U.S.A. | United States | New Mexico | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | South-Central U.S.A. | United States | Texas | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Arkansas | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Western Canada | Canada | Manitoba | |
| 2 | Cultivated | | | | | |
Native
Northern America
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NORTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.:
United States [Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Wisconsin]
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NORTHEASTERN U.S.A.:
United States [Indiana, Michigan]
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NORTHWESTERN U.S.A.:
United States [Colorado, Wyoming]
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SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.:
United States [New Mexico, Texas]
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SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.:
United States [Arkansas]
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WESTERN CANADA:
Canada [Manitoba]
Cultivated
()
Economic Uses
| Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
| Animal food | forage | | Markle, G. M. et al., eds. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2. 1998 |
| Environmental | ornamental | | Huxley, A., ed. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. 1992 |
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System.
2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network
(GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://ausgenebank.agriculture.vic.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=2936.
Accessed 3 May 2026.