Amorpha fruticosa 'Pendula', or Weeping Desert False Indigo, is a weeping shrub

Weeping tree

right|thumb|| 250 px|Weeping Atlas CedarWeeping trees are trees that are characterized by a typical shape with soft, limp twigs This may lead to a bent crown and pendulous branches that can cascade to the ground. While weepingness occurs in nature, most weeping trees are cultivars...

 and a cultivar

Cultivar

A cultivar'Cultivar has two meanings as explained under Formal definition. When used in reference to a taxon, the word does not apply to an individual plant but to all those plants sharing the unique characteristics that define the cultivar. is a plant or group of plants selected for desirable...

 of Amorpha fruticosa

Amorpha fruticosa

Amorpha fruticosa is a species of flowering plant in the legume family known by several common names, including desert false indigo and bastard indigobush. It is found throughout eastern Canada, northern Mexico, and most of the continental United States, but it is probably naturalized in western...

, the Desert False Indigo. It was first described in 1868 by Élie-Abel Carrière

Élie-Abel Carrière

Élie-Abel Carrière was a French botanist, based in Paris. He was a leading authority on conifers in the period 1850-1870, describing many new species, and the new genera Tsuga, Keteleeria and Pseudotsuga. His most important work was the Traité Général des Conifères, published in 1855, with a...

 from France. No trees are known to survive of this cultivar

Cultivar

A cultivar'Cultivar has two meanings as explained under Formal definition. When used in reference to a taxon, the word does not apply to an individual plant but to all those plants sharing the unique characteristics that define the cultivar. is a plant or group of plants selected for desirable...

. Apart from the clone found in France it also seems to have been reported from the wild in Florida

Florida

Florida is a state in the southeastern United States, located on the nation's Atlantic and Gulf coasts. It is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the north by Alabama and Georgia and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. With a population of 18,801,310 as measured by the 2010 census, it...

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Accessions

This cultivar never seems to have been widely cultivated and no specimens could be traced. The last recorded specimen from Rostock Botanic Garden, Germany died in 2005. It is however possible that specimens still survive in the wild.