Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants:

Amorpha fruticosa L.

Origin: native

Scientific Synonyms: Amorpha angustifolia (Pursh) Boynt., Amorpha bushii Rydb., Amorpha croceolanata P.W. S. Wats., Amorpha croceo-lanata P.W. S. Wats., Amorpha curtissii Rydb., Amorpha dewinkeleri Small, Amorpha fragrans Sweet, Amorpha fruticosa albiflora, Amorpha fruticosa fo. albiflora E. Sheld., Amorpha fruticosa angustifolia, Amorpha fruticosa var. angustifolia Pursh, Amorpha fruticosa coerulea, Amorpha fruticosa var. coerulea Loudon, Amorpha fruticosa humilis, Amorpha fruticosa fo. humilis (Tausch) E.J. Palmer, Amorpha fruticosa L. var. angustifolia Pursh, Amorpha fruticosa L. var. croceolanata (P.W. S. Wats.) P.W. S. Wats. ex Mouillef., Amorpha fruticosa L. var. emarginata Pursh, Amorpha fruticosa L. var. oblongifolia Palmer, Amorpha fruticosa L. var. occidentalis (Abrams) Kearney & Peebles, Amorpha fruticosa L. var. tennesseensis (Shuttlw. ex Kunze) Palmer, Amorpha fruticosa tennessensis, Amorpha fruticosa pendula, Amorpha fruticosa var. pendula (Carriere) Dippel), Amorpha fruticosa tennessensis, Amorpha tennesseensis Shuttlw. ex Kunze, Amorpha occidentalis Abrams, Amorpha occidentalis Abrams var. arizonica (Rydb.) Palmer, Amorpha occidentalis Abrams var. emarginata (Pursh) Palmer, Amorpha tennesseensis Shuttlw. ex Kunze, Amorpha virgata Small, Possibly Amorpha fragrans nanna

Common names:

Amorpha d'Amerique (1785, French) (8)

Bastard indigo (1768-1949) (5, 106, 109, 157, 158, 165)

Cerulean indigobush amorpha (1942) (155)

Desert false indigo (Present) (50)

Drooping indigo-bush amorpha [Drooping indigobush amorpha] (1942) (155)

False indigo (1873-1986) (3, 4, 5, 9, 37, 63, 72, 82, 85, 93, 95, 97, 106, 112, 113, 114, 130, 131, 156, 157, 158)

Fragrant amoprha (1942) (155)

Ground indigo-bush amorpha [Ground indigobush amorpha] (1942) (155)

Indigo-bush [Indigobush] (1923) (138, 156)

Indigo-bush amorpha [Indigobush amorpha] (1942) (155)

Indigo-plant [Indigo plant] (1937, Neb) (112)

Leadplant [Lead plant] (1899-1929) (131, 156, 157)

Midwest indigo-bush amorpha [Midwest indigobush amorpha] (1942) (155)

Rabbitbush [Rabbit bush] (1923) (156)

River-locust [River locust] (1896-1929, misapplied) (5, 76, 97, 106, 112, 156, 157, 158)

Shrubby bastard indigo (1785) (8)

Te-hunton-hi (1919, Omaha-Ponca, buffalo bellow plant) (37)

Tennessee indigo-bush amorpha [Tennessee indigobush amorpha] (1942) (155)

Tennessee-indigo (1923) (138)

Waterstring [Water string] (1919) (37)

White indigobush amorpha (1942) (155)

Wild indigo-plant [Wild indigo plant] (1930-1937) (82, 124)

Willowherb [Willow herb] (1899, IA) (63)

Yellow-wool amorpha [Yellowwool amorpha] (1942) (155)

Ziηtkala tacaη (1918?-1970?, Lakota, small bird's perch) (121)

Dwarf false indigo (1937, Neb) (112)