. Botanical and vegetation survey of Carter County, Montana, Bureau of Land Management-administered lands . Botany; Rare plants. Reprinted with permission from the New Britton and Brown Illustrated Flora of the Northeastern United States and Adjacent Canada, Vol. 2, page 409, Copyright 1952, The New York Botanical Garden. AMORPHA CANESCENS LEAD PLANT Lead Plant is a shrub with few to several, erect or ascending, simple or sparingly branched stems, which are 3-8 dm high. In marginal sites, the plant may die back to near the base each year. The alternate leaves have a short petiole and 27-41 nar
. Botanical and vegetation survey of Carter County, Montana, Bureau of Land Management-administered lands . Botany; Rare plants. Reprinted with permission from the New Britton and Brown Illustrated Flora of the Northeastern United States and Adjacent Canada, Vol. 2, page 409, Copyright 1952, The New York Botanical Garden. AMORPHA CANESCENS LEAD PLANT Lead Plant is a shrub with few to several, erect or ascending, simple or sparingly branched stems, which are 3-8 dm high. In marginal sites, the plant may die back to near the base each year. The alternate leaves have a short petiole and 27-41 narrowly elliptic leaflets, which are 8-15 mm long. Foliage is covered with very dense, short white hairs, giving the plant a hoary appearance. The violet flowers are borne in dense spike-like inflorescences, that are 7-15 cm long and arise on long stems from the leaf axils. Each small flower has a single petal longer than the densely hairy calyx that is ca. 2 mm long. There are 10 orange stamens exserted beyond the petal. The glandular and hairy fruits are ca. 4 mm long and egg-shaped with a long beak. Flowering in late June-early July. Lead Plant could be confused with members of the genus DALEA or PSORALEA, but these plants are not true shrubs, and they have flowers with more than 1 Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Vanderhorst, James P; Cooper, Stephen V; Heidel, Bonnie L; United States. Bureau of Land Management; Montana Natural Heritage Program. Helena, MT : Montana Natural Heritage Program
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