Cluster-spike Indigo-bush

A second subspecies, Amorpha herbacea subsp. crenulata is Endemic to Dade County.  Considered to by Endangered by the State of Florida and by the USFWS.



Can be used as a specimen plant in a sunny spot or as a moderately tall wildflower.

Not salt tolerant of inundation by salty or brackish water.



Low/no tolerance of salty wind or direct salt spray

Pine rocklands and in marl prairies (trasverse glades).

• Showy flowers, Interesting foliage
• Larval host for silver spotted skipper (Epargyreus clarus) and southern dogface (Zerene cesonia) butterflies.
• Attracts butterflies and pollinators, especially native bees.