|False Indigo is a member of the
plant grows to 10 feet in height and has green,
oval leaves that grow in pairs of up to ten on opposite sides of the
2 inches each in length. The plant
typically grows in wet areas along streams or near springs at elevations between
2500 - 7000 feet.
The False Indigo at right was
photographed in Christopher Creek near Pason.
False Indigo blooms between May - July and produces
dark purple flowers with bright yellow orange anthers that grow to 1/8
inch each on a long slender flower spike (to 7 inches in length).