Kebnat
PLANTS

False indigo

Amorpha fruticosa

Plants
IntroducedShrubPerennialPurple flowersavril to juin
False indigo, photo 1 of 5
False indigo, In flower
False indigo, In fruit
4.6 mHeight

Perennial shrub reaching 4.6 m. Introduced to Québec. Grows near water and in fields. Purple flowers, from April to June.

There are 97 observations of False indigo in Québec, mostly in Lanaudière, Laval and Laurentides, and it has been reported in 9 of the 17 regions. They peak from June to August.

Through the year

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Where to see it

  1. Lanaudière24
  2. Laval19
  3. Laurentides14
  4. Outaouais14
  5. Montérégie11
  6. Montréal10
  7. Capitale-Nationale3
  8. Centre-du-Québec1
  9. Estrie1

Habitat

FieldsHubert Figuière
MarshVyacheslav Argenberg
Water’s edgepeupleloup

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