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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Baptisia australis var. australis   FAMILY Fabaceae

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

Baptisia australis var. australis

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-09-002:

Baptisia australis   FAMILY Fabaceae

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

Baptisia australis

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

Baptisia australis

 

COMMON NAME:
Tall Blue Wild Indigo, Streamside Blue Indigo, Tall Blue Baptisia


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JK Marlow    jkm0405h_25

May    Haywood County    NC

Corneille Bryan Native Garden

image of Baptisia australis, Tall Blue Wild Indigo, Streamside Blue Indigo, Tall Blue Baptisia

JK Marlow    jkm0505l_18

May    Haywood County    NC

Corneille Bryan Native Garden

image of Baptisia australis, Tall Blue Wild Indigo, Streamside Blue Indigo, Tall Blue Baptisia

JK Marlow    jkm160516_736

May    Haywood County    NC

Corneille Bryan Native Garden

Pea-like flowers deep blue-violet, in a long raceme extending above leaves, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).

image of Baptisia australis, Tall Blue Wild Indigo, Streamside Blue Indigo, Tall Blue Baptisia

JK Marlow    jkm160516_736b

May    Haywood County    NC

Corneille Bryan Native Garden

image of Baptisia australis, Tall Blue Wild Indigo, Streamside Blue Indigo, Tall Blue Baptisia

JK Marlow    jkm160516_737

May    Haywood County    NC

Corneille Bryan Native Garden

Leaflets 4-6 (-9) cm long, mostly > 12mm wide; leaflets not oriented in a vertical plane, per Weakley's Flora (2023).


click here to see other plants that look similar to this COMPARE leaves that are trifoliolate and palmately compound

image of Baptisia australis, Tall Blue Wild Indigo, Streamside Blue Indigo, Tall Blue Baptisia

JK Marlow    jkm210508_0172

May    Oconee County    SC

In cultivation

image of Baptisia australis, Tall Blue Wild Indigo, Streamside Blue Indigo, Tall Blue Baptisia

JK Marlow    jkm210508_0173

May    Oconee County    SC

In cultivation

Leaves palmately trifoliate; leaflets 1-3" long, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).

image of Baptisia australis, Tall Blue Wild Indigo, Streamside Blue Indigo, Tall Blue Baptisia

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_baptisia_australis

May        

image of Baptisia australis, Tall Blue Wild Indigo, Streamside Blue Indigo, Tall Blue Baptisia

JK Marlow    jkm0407j_28

July    Haywood County    NC

Corneille Bryan Native Garden

Fruits thin-walled, plump, with a long persistent claw-shaped style, per Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999).

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Baptisia australis var. australis   FAMILY Fabaceae

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

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-09-002:
Baptisia australis   FAMILY Fabaceae

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

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

 

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187

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Riverbank scour areas, gravel bars, and disturbed areas (where persisting from cultivation), per Weakley's Flora

Native to Georgia & TN & northwards (original range obscured by cultivation)

Rare or waif(s)

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LEAVES:
Palmately compound: 3 leaflets
Mostly alternate

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

FRUIT:
Summer
Legume

 

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