NameThatPlant.net: Baptisia leucophaea +

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Fabales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Baptisia leucophaea + FAMILY Fabaceae Go to FSUS key

Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

Some references have the more westerly taxon in the broad sense B. bracteata as B. bracteata var. leucophaea, meaning that they would have the eastern taxon (including NC) as B. bracteata var. bracteata. Learn more at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

For an in-depth treatment, peruse A monograph of the genus Baptisia (Larisey, 1940).

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Baptisia bracteata var. leucophaea FAMILY Fabaceae

COMMON NAME:
longbract wild indigo

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Baptisia leucophaea + FAMILY Fabaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Baptisia bracteata var. leucophaea FAMILY Fabaceae

2407

Forb
Perennial

Look for it in pinelands and, depending on variety, woodlands or coastal prairies, per Weakley's Flora

Native: west of the Carolinas & Georgia

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

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