Summary
Place of publication:
Cat. pl. Upper Louisiana no. 5. 1813
Verified:
02/12/1988
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
- Allen, O. N. & E. K. Allen. The Leguminosae. A source book of characteristics, uses, and nodulation. 1981
- Huxley, A., ed. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. 1992
- Moerman, D. Native American ethnobotany, ed. 5. 1998
- Uphof, J. C. T. Dictionary of economic plants, ed. 2. 1968
- Wilbur, R. L. 1975. A revision of the North American genus Amorpha (Leguminosae-Psoraleae). Rhodora 77:373.
Common names
English
fragrant false indigo –
Distribution
| order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
| 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 | 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 | South Dakota | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Northwestern U.S.A. | United States | Colorado | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | South-Central U.S.A. | United States | New Mexico | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Western Canada | Canada | Manitoba | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Western Canada | Canada | Saskatchewan | |
| 2 | Cultivated | | | | | |
Native
Northern America
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NORTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.:
United States [Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota]
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NORTHWESTERN U.S.A.:
United States [Colorado]
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SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.:
United States [New Mexico]
-
WESTERN CANADA:
Canada [Manitoba, Saskatchewan]
Cultivated
()
Economic Uses
| Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
| 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=2941.
Accessed 3 May 2026.