Amorpha confusa (Wilbur) S.C.K. Straub, Sorrie, & Weakley. Common name: Savanna Indigo-bush. Phenology: (May-) Jun-Jul; Aug-Oct. Habitat: Longleaf pine savannas. A. confusa is restricted to moist loamy savannas, especially on the Foreston soil series, a habitat now largely destroyed by fire suppression, real estate development, and conversion of longleaf pine savannas to pine tree farms. Distribution: A. confusa is a narrow endemic of the se. Coastal Plain of NC (Brunswick, Columbus, and Bladen counties) and immediately adjacent SC (Horry County), where possibly extirpated.
Origin/Endemic status: Endemic
Synonymy ⓘ: = FNA11.1, K4, POWO, Straub, Sorrie, & Weakley (2009); = Amorpha cyanostachya M.A.Curtis — Wilbur (1954); = Amorpha georgiana Wilbur var. confusa Wilbur — NS, SE3, Isely (1998), Wilbur (1964), Wilbur (1975); ? Amorpha cyanostachya M.A.Curtis — S, misapplied; < Amorpha georgiana Wilbur — GW2, RAB. Basionym: Amorpha georgiana Wilbur var. confusa Wilbur 1964
Links to other floras: = Amorpha confusa - FNA11.1
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Wetland Indicator Status:
- Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FACU
Heliophily ⓘ: 9
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