Data provided by the participants of the Consortium of California Herbaria

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California False Indigo (Amorpha californica var. californica) is a native shrub that grows in northern, southern and central California. It tends to grow in wooded, shrubby, or open slopes, at elevations from 0-7500 feet.

Plant type

Shrub

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Color

Purple

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water

Low

Site type

Wooded, shrubby, or open slopes or

Plant communities

Chaparral

Caterpillars
Butterflies

Butterflies and moths supported

0 confirmed and 11 likely

Confirmed Likely

Clay-colored Agonopterix Moth

Agonopterix argillacea

Californian Granite Moth

Digrammia californiaria

Silver-Spotted Skipper

Epargyreus clarus