...Dry
You may find it helpful to read The Genus Baptisia in South Carolina by Bill Stringer.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Fabales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Baptisia bracteata
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Baptisia bracteata var. bracteata
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (1968) 098-09-004:
Baptisia bracteata
FAMILY
Fabaceae
COMMON NAME:
Creamy Wild Indigo
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JK Marlow jkm110415_479
April Carroll County GA
Plant softly pubescent. Stipules of median & lower lvs 2-4cm long, persistant, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_b_bracteata_creamy
April
Flowers in drooping 1-sided racemes with persistent bracts, per Wildflowers of the Eastern United States.
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_baptisia_bracteata_9
April
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JK Marlow jkm100501_042
May Anderson County SC
Clemson Forest
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JK Marlow jkm100501_052
May Anderson County SC
Clemson Forest
Calyx upper lip only slightly emarginate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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JK Marlow jkm100501_056
May Anderson County SC
Clemson Forest
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May Anderson County SC
Clemson Forest
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JK Marlow jkm100501_062
May Anderson County SC
Clemson Forest
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JK Marlow jkm170527_070
May McCormick County SC
Leaflets oblanceolate to obovate or somewhat elliptic, 2-4cm long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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JK Marlow jkm170527_073
May McCormick County SC
Legume's pedicels 14-18 (-30) mm long [vs. B. cinerea pedicels 2-10mm long], per Weakley's Flora.
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JK Marlow jkm180505_1718
May Pike County GA
Camp Thunder VPA
Calyx glabrous or spreading short-pubescent, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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JK Marlow jkm070609_015
June Pickens County SC
Flowers [& fruit] in drooping one-sided racemes, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC.
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JK Marlow jkm070609_022
June Pickens County SC
Leaves entire, palmately trifoliolate. Leaflets oblanceolate, to 1.5" long, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
COMPARE
leaves that are trifoliolate and palmately compound
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JK Marlow jkm111113_395
November SC
Sumter National Forest: Tyger Ranger District
In winter the entire dry plant breaks loose and rolls like a tumbleweed, per All About South Carolina Wildflowers.