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<Taxon project="prairieplant">
<Rank>species</Rank>
<Nomenclature>
<ScientificName>Amorpha canescens</ScientificName>
<Authority> Pursh</Authority>
<Vernacular>leadplant, false indigo</Vernacular>
<Global_ID_number>25371</Global_ID_number>
<Synonym>
<ScientificName>
</ScientificName>
<Authority>
</Authority>
</Synonym>
</Nomenclature>
<ParentRank>genus</ParentRank>
<ParentScientificName>Amorpha</ParentScientificName>
<Description><plant_habit_and_life_style><carnivory>not carnivorous </carnivory><growth_habit><Image>
<href>http://www.isrl.uiuc.edu/~openkey/imageInfo/html/amorcane.habit.shrub1.jpg.html</href>
<src>http://www.isrl.uiuc.edu/~openkey/images/krrobert/webReady/amorcane.habit.shrub1.jpg</src>
</Image>subshrub shrub </growth_habit><life_span>perennial </life_span><nutrition>autotrophic </nutrition><plant_height_when_mature><usual_minimum>3_dm </usual_minimum><usual_maximum>6_dm 3_ft </usual_maximum><absolute_maximum>10_dm </absolute_maximum></plant_height_when_mature></plant_habit_and_life_style><stems><pubescence_of_herbaceous_stems_or_young_twigs_lte_1_year_old>hairy </pubescence_of_herbaceous_stems_or_young_twigs_lte_1_year_old></stems><leaves><leaf_duration>deciduous </leaf_duration><leaf_attachment>nearly sessile </leaf_attachment><leaf_arrangement>alternate </leaf_arrangement><leaf_complexity>compound </leaf_complexity><leaf_division>pinnatifid </leaf_division></leaves><flowers><Image>
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<src>http://www.isrl.uiuc.edu/~openkey/images/krrobert/webReady/amorcane.flowers.macro.exp2.jpg</src>
</Image>
<Image>
<href>http://www.isrl.uiuc.edu/~openkey/imageInfo/html/amorcane.flowers.macro.exp3.jpg.html</href>
<src>http://www.isrl.uiuc.edu/~openkey/images/krrobert/webReady/amorcane.flowers.macro.exp3.jpg</src>
</Image><perianth><petal_number>1 </petal_number><petal_color>purple </petal_color></perianth><inflorescence_type><Image>
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<src>http://www.isrl.uiuc.edu/~openkey/images/krrobert/webReady/amorcane.fruit.infl1.jpg</src>
</Image>
<Image>
<href>http://www.isrl.uiuc.edu/~openkey/imageInfo/html/amorcane.fruit.infl2.jpg.html</href>
<src>http://www.isrl.uiuc.edu/~openkey/images/krrobert/webReady/amorcane.fruit.infl2.jpg</src>
</Image>
<Image>
<href>http://www.isrl.uiuc.edu/~openkey/imageInfo/html/amorcane.infl.macro1.jpg.html</href>
<src>http://www.isrl.uiuc.edu/~openkey/images/krrobert/webReady/amorcane.infl.macro1.jpg</src>
</Image>
<Image>
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<src>http://www.isrl.uiuc.edu/~openkey/images/krrobert/webReady/amorcane.infl1.jpg</src>
</Image>spike </inflorescence_type></flowers></Description>
<Discussion>
</Discussion>
<Special_diagnostic_characters>leaflets up to 51 small pinnate leaflets</Special_diagnostic_characters>
</Taxon>
