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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (10/20/20):
Baptisia megacarpa
FAMILY
Fabaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
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PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Baptisia megacarpa
FAMILY
Fabaceae
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Native & naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the US (Isely, 1998)
Baptisia megacarpa
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A monograph of the genus Baptisia (Larisey, 1940)
Baptisia megacarpa
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Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Baptisia megacarpa
COMMON NAME:
Apalachicola Wild Indigo, Bigpod Wild Indigo
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (10/20/20):
Baptisia megacarpa
FAMILY
Fabaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Baptisia megacarpa
FAMILY
Fabaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Native & naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the US (Isely, 1998)
Baptisia megacarpa
INCLUDING
A monograph of the genus Baptisia (Larisey, 1940)
Baptisia megacarpa
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Baptisia megacarpa
2795
Forb
Perennial
Native to Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA - -
Rare (an endemic)
Look for it in moist forests of floodplains and lower slopes, 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/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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