Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Fabales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Baptisia lactea
FAMILY
Fabaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
For an in-depth treatment, peruse A monograph of the genus Baptisia (Larisey, 1940).
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Baptisia alba var. macrophylla
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Baptisia alba var. macrophylla
SYNONYMOUS WITH Native & naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the US (Isely, 1998)
Baptisia alba var. macrophylla
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of Vascular Plants of NE US & Adjacent Canada (Gleason & Cronquist,1991)
Baptisia lactea var. lactea
INCLUDING A monograph of the genus Baptisia (Larisey, 1940)
Baptisia pendula var. macrophylla
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Baptisia leucantha
COMMON NAME:
white wild indigo
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_bale2_001_lvd
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_b_leucantha
May
Like B. alba & albescens, its flowering pedicels are 3-10mm long, per Weakley's Flora.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Baptisia lactea
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Baptisia alba var. macrophylla
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Baptisia alba var. macrophylla
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Native & naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the US (Isely, 1998)
Baptisia alba var. macrophylla
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of Vascular Plants of NE US & Adjacent Canada (Gleason & Cronquist,1991)
Baptisia lactea var. lactea
INCLUDING
A monograph of the genus Baptisia (Larisey, 1940)
Baptisia pendula var. macrophylla
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Baptisia leucantha
3574
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: woodlands, prairies, roadsides, per Weakley's Flora
Native west of the Carolinas & Georgia
Rare
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Palmately compound: 3 leaflets
Mostly alternate
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
White
Bilaterally symmetrical
4-5 toothed or lobed calyx
5-parted papilionaceous corolla
10 stamens
Superior ovary
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Legume
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