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

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

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Baptisia megacarpa   FAMILY Fabaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Baptisia megacarpa

INCLUDED WITHIN Native & naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the US (Isely, 1998)

Baptisia megacarpa

SYNONYMOUS WITH A monograph of the genus Baptisia (Larisey, 1940)

Baptisia megacarpa

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Baptisia megacarpa

 

COMMON NAME:
 Apalachicola Wild Indigo, Bigpod Wild Indigo

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

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Baptisia megacarpa   FAMILY Fabaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
 Baptisia megacarpa

INCLUDED WITHIN Native & naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the US (Isely, 1998)
 Baptisia megacarpa

SYNONYMOUS WITH A monograph of the genus Baptisia (Larisey, 1940)
 Baptisia megacarpa

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
 Baptisia megacarpa

 

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2795

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Moist forests of floodplains and lower slopes, per Weakley's Flora

Native to Georgia

Rare

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LEAVES:
Palmately compound: 3 leaflets
Mostly alternate

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Cream/Pale yellow
Bilaterally symmetrical
4-5 toothed or lobed calyx
5-parted papilionaceous corolla
10 stamens
Superior ovary

FRUIT:
Summer
Legume

 

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