Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Fabales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Baptisia tinctoria
FAMILY
Fabaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
You may find it helpful to read The Genus Baptisia in South Carolina by Bill Stringer.
Learn more about Horsefly Weed from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Baptisia tinctoria
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-09-007:
Baptisia tinctoria
FAMILY
Fabaceae
COMMON NAME:
Horsefly Weed, Yellow Wild Indigo, Yellow False-indigo, Rattleweed
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_bati_001_lvd
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmbtinctoria_srec1
May Richland County SC
Sandhills Recreation Center
Recognized by its small yellow flowers, small leaflets, and small fruits, per Weakley's Flora.
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JK Marlow jkm0506g_32
June Oconee County SC
Roadside
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JK Marlow jkm210626_1721
June Oconee County SC
Sumter National Forest: Andrew Pickens Ranger District
Flowers are yellow, 1/2" long, few at the ends of branches, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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JK Marlow jkm210626_1722
June Oconee County SC
Sumter National Forest: Andrew Pickens Ranger District
Legume glabrous, subglobose to ovoid, body 7-9mm long, 6-8mm in diameter, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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JK Marlow jkm210626_1726
June Oconee County SC
Sumter National Forest: Andrew Pickens Ranger District
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_b_tinctoria_4
June
Calyx persistent, campanulate, tube 2-3mm long, upper teeth ca. 0.5mm long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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JK Marlow s050618_b
June Oconee County SC
Roadside
Small obovate leaflets tapered at the base and nearly sessile, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
COMPARE
leaves that are trifoliolate and palmately compound
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JK Marlow s050618_e
June Oconee County SC
Roadside
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JK Marlow jkm0508f_05
August Greenville County SC
Ashmore Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm061029_064
October Oconee County SC
Sumter National Forest: Andrew Pickens Ranger District
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JK Marlow s071021_f
October Oconee County SC
Sumter National Forest: Andrew Pickens Ranger District
At one time this served as a substitute for true indigo, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Baptisia tinctoria
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Baptisia tinctoria
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-09-007:
Baptisia tinctoria
FAMILY
Fabaceae
193
Forb
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Common (rare in GA Piedmont & Coastal Plain)
Look for it in sandhills, pine flatwoods, xeric woodlands, ridges, woodland edges, & roadbanks, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
...Variable
...Dry
LEAVES:
Palmately compound: 3 leaflets
Mostly alternate
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Yellow
Bilaterally symmetrical
4-5 toothed or lobed calyx
5-parted papilionaceous corolla
10 stamens
Superior ovary
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Legume
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- All About South Carolina Wildflowers p118
- Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee p111
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC p247
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide p058
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast p227
- Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry p165
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States p029
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition p123
- Wildflowers of Tennessee p128
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p165
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p079
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region p062