''Amorpha fruticosa'' 'Pendula', or Weeping Desert False Indigo, was a weeping shrub and a

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Amorpha fruticosa ''Amorpha fruticosa'' is a species of flowering plant in the legume family Fabaceae, known by several common names, including desert false indigo, false indigo-bush, and bastard indigobush. It is native species, native to North America. Descript ...

'', the Desert False Indigo. It was first described in 1868 by

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from France.Govaerts, R., Michielsen, K. & Jablonski, E. (2011). Untraced Weeping Broadleaf cultivars: an overview.
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. Apart from the clone found in France it also seems to have been reported from the wild in

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Description

A large shrub with arching branches forming a dome shape.

Accessions

This cultivar never seems to have been widely cultivated and no specimens could be traced. The last recorded specimen from Rostock Botanic Garden, Germany died in 2005. It is however possible that specimens still survive in the wild.

Synonymy

*''Amorpha pendula'' Carrière (1868)

References

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