Cluster Leadplant
Amorpha herbacea
Cluster leadplant is a low Southeastern false indigo with frothy white-to-pale-purple flower spikes, a nitrogen-fixing, butterfly-hosting subshrub for dry, sandy ground.
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Type
- shrub
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 2–4 ft
- Spacing
- 2–3 ft apart
- Light
- sun
- Soil moisture
- dry
- Soil pH
- acidic
- Bloom
- May, June, July
- Bloom colors
- pink
- Wildlife value
- pollinators, butterflies, larval host
- Landscape uses
- foundation
- Native states
- AL, FL, GA, NC, SC