Help us maintain this website and keep it free and open for our community of scientists, students, and conservation managers, who depend on it to obtain the most up to date information. Help us save species and restore native ecosystems!

Close

Please scroll to the bottom for more images.
Amorpha herbacea Walter var. crenulata
(Rydb.) Isley
Crenulate leadplant

Amorpha herbacea
Copyright by: Roger L. Hammer

Family: Fabaceae

Group: Dicot

Substrate: Terrestrial

Habit: Shrub

Perennation: Perennial

Native Range: Endemic to South Florida in Miami-Dade County.

Map of select IRC data for peninsular Florida

NatureServe Global Status: Critically Imperiled

United States Federal Status: Endangered

State of Florida Status: Endangered

Florida Natural Areas Inventory State Status: Critically Imperiled

IRC SOUTH FLORIDA Status: Critically Imperiled

SOUTH FLORIDA Occurrence: Present

SOUTH FLORIDA Native Status: Native

SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status: Cultivated

Comments: For a current review of A. herbacea var. crenulata throughout its range, see the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Species Profile. See also Florida Natural Areas Inventory's Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Florida page (Chafin 2000).

Other data on Amorpha herbacea var. crenulata available from :

Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants
Amorpha herbacea var. crenulata has been found in the following 7 conservation areas :
Occurrence Native Status
A.D. Doug Barnes Park Present Native
Coral Pines Park Present Native
Deering Estate at Cutler Present Native, presumed Extirpated, now Cultivated Only
Eachus Pineland Present Native, Cultivated Only
Everglades National Park Presumed Extirpated Not Native, Cultivated Only
Matheson Hammock Park Possibly Extirpated Possibly Extirpated
Tropical Park Present Native

Amorpha herbacea var. crenulata has been found in the following county :
Occurrence Native Status
Miami-Dade County Native

Amorpha herbacea var. crenulata has been found in the following 3 habitats :
Marl Prairie
Pine Rockland
Rockland Hammock

All Images:

Amorpha herbacea
Copyright by: Roger L. Hammer
Amorpha herbacea
Copyright by: Keith A. Bradley
Amorpha herbacea
Copyright by: Keith A. Bradley