H20130509-8078—Amorpha californica—RPBG-1

Amorpha californica—California false indigo. Grows in the Coast Ranges of Napa, Sonoma, and Marin Counties; then southward from Monterey County to the Transverse Ranges of Southern California. Found in Arizona and Baja California as well. There also are disjunct populations in the Northern Sierra Nevada. The species is the larval food source for the endemic California dogface butterfly (Zerene eurydice), the state butterfly of California. Photographed at Regional Parks Botanic Garden located in Tilden Regional Park near Berkeley, CA.

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