Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Fabales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Baptisia leucophaea +
FAMILY
Fabaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Baptisia bracteata var. leucophaea
FAMILY
Fabaceae
COMMON NAME:
longbract wild indigo
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Baptisia leucophaea +
FAMILY
Fabaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Baptisia bracteata var. leucophaea
FAMILY
Fabaceae
2407
Forb
Perennial
Native: west of the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in - - -
Look for it in pinelands and, depending on variety, woodlands or coastal prairies, 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.
LEAVES:
Palmately compound: 3 leaflets
Mostly alternate
FLOWER:
Spring
Cream/Yellow
Bilaterally symmetrical
4-5 toothed or lobed calyx
5-parted papilionaceous corolla
10 stamens
Superior ovary
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Legume
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- All About South Carolina Wildflowers p118
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States p030
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p165