Summary
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 2:713. 1753
Verified:
02/12/1988
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
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Common names
English
bastard indigo-bush – bastard-indigo – false indigo – indigo-bush – French
faux indigo – German
Bastardindigo – Spanish
falso índigo – Swedish
segelbuske – Transcribed Chinese
zi sui huai – Transcribed Korean
jogjebissari – waessalinamu –
Distribution
| order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | North-Central U.S.A. | United States | Illinois | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | North-Central U.S.A. | United States | Iowa | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | North-Central U.S.A. | United States | Kansas | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | North-Central U.S.A. | United States | Minnesota | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | North-Central U.S.A. | United States | Missouri | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | North-Central U.S.A. | United States | Nebraska | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | North-Central U.S.A. | United States | North Dakota | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | North-Central U.S.A. | United States | Oklahoma | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | North-Central U.S.A. | United States | South Dakota | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | North-Central U.S.A. | United States | Wisconsin | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Northeastern U.S.A. | United States | Connecticut | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Northeastern U.S.A. | United States | Indiana | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Northeastern U.S.A. | United States | Maine | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Northeastern U.S.A. | United States | Massachusetts | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Northeastern U.S.A. | United States | Michigan | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Northeastern U.S.A. | United States | New Hampshire | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Northeastern U.S.A. | United States | New York | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Northeastern U.S.A. | United States | Ohio | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Northeastern U.S.A. | United States | Pennsylvania | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Northeastern U.S.A. | United States | Vermont | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Northeastern U.S.A. | United States | West Virginia | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Northern Mexico | Mexico | Baja Norte | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Northern Mexico | Mexico | Chihuahua | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Northern Mexico | Mexico | Sonora | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Northwestern U.S.A. | United States | Colorado | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Northwestern U.S.A. | United States | Wyoming | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | South-Central U.S.A. | United States | New Mexico | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | South-Central U.S.A. | United States | Texas | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Alabama | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Arkansas | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Florida | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Georgia | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Kentucky | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Louisiana | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Maryland | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Mississippi | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | North Carolina | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | South Carolina | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Tennessee | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Virginia | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Southwestern U.S.A. | United States | Arizona | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Southwestern U.S.A. | United States | California | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Western Canada | Canada | Manitoba | |
| 2 | Cultivated | | | | | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Africa | Western Indian Ocean | Mauritius | | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Asia-Temperate | Caucasus | Azerbaijan | | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Asia-Temperate | China | China | | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Asia-Temperate | Eastern Asia | Korea | | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Asia-Temperate | Middle Asia | Kazakhstan | | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Asia-Temperate | Middle Asia | Kyrgyzstan | | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Asia-Temperate | Middle Asia | Tajikistan | | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Asia-Temperate | Middle Asia | Turkmenistan | | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Asia-Temperate | Middle Asia | Uzbekistan | | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Asia-Temperate | Russian Far East | Russian Federation | Primorye | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Asia-Temperate | Siberia | Russian Federation | Kurgan | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Asia-Temperate | Western Asia | Iraq | | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | Pakistan | | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Europe | | Europe | | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Europe | East Europe | Russian Federation-European part | European part | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Northern America | Northwestern U.S.A. | United States | Idaho | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Southern South America | Argentina | | |
Native
Northern America
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NORTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.:
United States [Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Wisconsin]
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NORTHEASTERN U.S.A.:
United States [Connecticut, Indiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Vermont, West Virginia]
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NORTHERN MEXICO:
Mexico [Baja Norte, Chihuahua, Sonora]
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NORTHWESTERN U.S.A.:
United States [Colorado, Wyoming]
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SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.:
United States [New Mexico, Texas]
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SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.:
United States [Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia]
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SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.:
United States [Arizona, California]
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WESTERN CANADA:
Canada [Manitoba]
Cultivated
()
Naturalized
Africa
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WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN:
Mauritius
Asia-Temperate
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CAUCASUS:
Azerbaijan
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CHINA:
China
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EASTERN ASIA:
Korea
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MIDDLE ASIA:
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan
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RUSSIAN FAR EAST:
Russian Federation [Primorye]
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SIBERIA:
Russian Federation [Kurgan]
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WESTERN ASIA:
Iraq
Asia-Tropical
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INDIAN SUBCONTINENT:
India, Pakistan
Europe
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REGION:
Europe
-
EAST EUROPE:
Russian Federation-European part [European part]
Northern America
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NORTHWESTERN U.S.A.:
United States [Idaho]
Southern America
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SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Argentina
Economic Uses
| Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
| Environmental | ornamental | | Huxley, A., ed. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. 1992 |
| Weed | | | Weber, E. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds. 2003 |
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System.
2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network
(GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://apg.pir.sa.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=2937.
Accessed 19 July 2025.