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You may find it helpful to read The Genus Baptisia in South Carolina by Bill Stringer.
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Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Fabales
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
COMMON NAME:
Horsefly Weed, Yellow Wild Indigo, Yellow False-indigo, Rattleweed
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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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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
Flowers are yellow, 1/2" long, few at the ends of branches, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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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
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 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.