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



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

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Baptisia bracteata var. bracteata

SYNONYMOUS WITH Native & naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the US (Isely, 1998)

Baptisia bracteata var. bracteata

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-09-004:

Baptisia bracteata   FAMILY Fabaceae

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

Baptisia bracteata

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Baptisia bracteata

 

COMMON NAME:
Creamy Wild Indigo


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JK Marlow    jkm110415_479

April    Carroll County    GA

Plant softly pubescent. Stipules of median & lower lvs 2-4cm long, persistant, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Baptisia bracteata, Creamy Wild Indigo

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_b_bracteata_creamy

April        

Flowers in drooping 1-sided racemes with persistent bracts, per Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999).

image of Baptisia bracteata, Creamy Wild Indigo

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_baptisia_bracteata_9

April        

image of Baptisia bracteata, Creamy Wild Indigo

JK Marlow    jkm100501_042

May    Anderson County    SC

Clemson Forest

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JK Marlow    jkm100501_052

May    Anderson County    SC

Clemson Forest

Calyx upper lip only slightly emarginate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Baptisia bracteata, Creamy Wild Indigo

JK Marlow    jkm100501_056

May    Anderson County    SC

Clemson Forest

image of Baptisia bracteata, Creamy Wild Indigo

JK Marlow    jkm100501_059

May    Anderson County    SC

Clemson Forest

image of Baptisia bracteata, Creamy Wild Indigo

JK Marlow    jkm100501_062

May    Anderson County    SC

Clemson Forest

image of Baptisia bracteata, Creamy Wild Indigo

JK Marlow    jkm170527_070

May    McCormick County    SC

Leaflets oblanceolate to obovate or somewhat elliptic, 2-4cm long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Baptisia bracteata, Creamy Wild Indigo

JK Marlow    jkm170527_073

May    McCormick County    SC

Legume's pedicels 14-18 (-30) mm long [vs. B. cinerea pedicels 2-10mm long], per Weakley's Flora (2015).

image of Baptisia bracteata, Creamy Wild Indigo

JK Marlow    jkm180505_1718

May    Pike County    GA

Camp Thunder VPA

Calyx glabrous or spreading short-pubescent, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Baptisia bracteata, Creamy Wild Indigo

JK Marlow    jkm070609_015

June    Pickens County    SC

Flowers [& fruit] in drooping one-sided racemes, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001).

image of Baptisia bracteata, Creamy Wild Indigo

JK Marlow    jkm070609_022

June    Pickens County    SC

Leaves entire, palmately trifoliolate. Leaflets oblanceolate, to 1.5" long, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).


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image of Baptisia bracteata, Creamy Wild Indigo

JK Marlow    jkm111113_395

November        SC

Sumter National Forest: Tyger Ranger District

In winter the entire dry plant breaks loose and rolls like a tumbleweed, per All About South Carolina Wildflowers (Midgley, 1999).

 

 

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

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Baptisia bracteata var. bracteata

SYNONYMOUS WITH Native & naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the US (Isely, 1998)
Baptisia bracteata var. bracteata

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-09-004:
Baptisia bracteata   FAMILY Fabaceae

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Baptisia bracteata

 

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188

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Dry ridgetop woodlands and forests, longleaf pine sandhills, other dry woodlands, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Uncommon (historically in NC, but not recently seen)

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LEAVES:
Palmately compound: 3 leaflets
Mostly alternate

FLOWER:
Spring
Creamy-white
Bilaterally symmetrical
4-5 toothed or lobed calyx
5-parted papilionaceous corolla
10 stamens
Superior ovary

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Legume

 

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