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dwarf wild indigo
Amorpha nana
Colorado
- Dimensions
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Height: 2.0 ft. to 3.0 ft.
Spread: 2.0 ft. to 3.0 ft. - Growth Form
- Shrub
- Program Association
- Nature in the City
- Wildlife Uses
- Pollinators/ Invertebrates
- Sun Requirements
- Full Sun, Part Sun
- Water Requirements
- Very Low, Low, Moderate
- Plant Community
- Foothills, Plains
- Season of Bloom
- June
- Flower Color
- Purple Shades
- Leaf Color
- Green Shades
- Aggressiveness
- No City Data
- Design Considerations
- Small Spaces, Showy Flowers, Streetscape Plants
- Other Considerations
- Deer Tolerant
- Duration
- Perennial
- Soil Type
- Clay, Loam, Sandy
- Pests/Disease Prone
- No
- Hazards/Toxic
- No City Data.
Notes
This is a rare plant known from only a few counties on the east slope of Colorado. It is an Important larval and adult food host for many of our native invertebrates.