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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Baptisia tinctoria   FAMILY Fabaceae

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

Baptisia tinctoria

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

Baptisia tinctoria

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-09-007:

Baptisia tinctoria   FAMILY Fabaceae

INCLUDING A monograph of the genus Baptisia (Larisey, 1940)

Baptisia tinctoria var. crebra

INCLUDING A monograph of the genus Baptisia (Larisey, 1940)

Baptisia tinctoria var. projecta

INCLUDING A monograph of the genus Baptisia (Larisey, 1940)

Baptisia tinctoria var. tinctoria

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Baptisia gibbesii

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Baptisia tinctoria

 

COMMON NAME:
Horsefly Weed, Yellow Wild Indigo, Yellow False-indigo, Rattleweed


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image of Baptisia tinctoria, Horsefly Weed, Yellow Wild Indigo, Yellow False-indigo, Rattleweed

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_bati_001_lvd

        

image of Baptisia tinctoria, Horsefly Weed, Yellow Wild Indigo, Yellow False-indigo, Rattleweed

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmbtinctoria_srec1

May    Richland County    SC

Sandhills Recreation Center

Recognized by its small yellow flowers, small leaflets, and small fruits, per Weakley's Flora.

image of Baptisia tinctoria, Horsefly Weed, Yellow Wild Indigo, Yellow False-indigo, Rattleweed

JK Marlow    jkm0506g_32

June    Oconee County    SC

Roadside

image of Baptisia tinctoria, Horsefly Weed, Yellow Wild Indigo, Yellow False-indigo, Rattleweed

JK Marlow    jkm210626_1721

June    Oconee County    SC

Sumter National Forest: Andrew Pickens Ranger District

Flowers are yellow, 1/2" long, few at the ends of branches, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).

image of Baptisia tinctoria, Horsefly Weed, Yellow Wild Indigo, Yellow False-indigo, Rattleweed

JK Marlow    jkm210626_1722

June    Oconee County    SC

Sumter National Forest: Andrew Pickens Ranger District

Legume glabrous, subglobose to ovoid, body 7-9mm long, 6-8mm in diameter, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Baptisia tinctoria, Horsefly Weed, Yellow Wild Indigo, Yellow False-indigo, Rattleweed

JK Marlow    jkm210626_1726

June    Oconee County    SC

Sumter National Forest: Andrew Pickens Ranger District

image of Baptisia tinctoria, Horsefly Weed, Yellow Wild Indigo, Yellow False-indigo, Rattleweed

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_b_tinctoria_4

June        

Calyx persistent, campanulate, tube 2-3mm long, upper teeth ca. 0.5mm long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Baptisia tinctoria, Horsefly Weed, Yellow Wild Indigo, Yellow False-indigo, Rattleweed

JK Marlow    s050618_b

June    Oconee County    SC

Roadside

Small obovate leaflets tapered at the base and nearly sessile, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).


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

image of Baptisia tinctoria, Horsefly Weed, Yellow Wild Indigo, Yellow False-indigo, Rattleweed

JK Marlow    s050618_e

June    Oconee County    SC

Roadside

image of Baptisia tinctoria, Horsefly Weed, Yellow Wild Indigo, Yellow False-indigo, Rattleweed

JK Marlow    jkm0508f_05

August    Greenville County    SC

Ashmore Heritage Preserve

image of Baptisia tinctoria, Horsefly Weed, Yellow Wild Indigo, Yellow False-indigo, Rattleweed

JK Marlow    jkm061029_064

October    Oconee County    SC

Sumter National Forest: Andrew Pickens Ranger District

image of Baptisia tinctoria, Horsefly Weed, Yellow Wild Indigo, Yellow False-indigo, Rattleweed

JK Marlow    s071021_f

October    Oconee County    SC

Sumter National Forest: Andrew Pickens Ranger District

At one time this served as a substitute for true indigo, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Baptisia tinctoria   FAMILY Fabaceae

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

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-09-007:
Baptisia tinctoria   FAMILY Fabaceae

INCLUDING A monograph of the genus Baptisia (Larisey, 1940)
Baptisia tinctoria var. crebra

INCLUDING A monograph of the genus Baptisia (Larisey, 1940)
Baptisia tinctoria var. projecta

INCLUDING A monograph of the genus Baptisia (Larisey, 1940)
Baptisia tinctoria var. tinctoria

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Baptisia gibbesii

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Baptisia tinctoria

 

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193

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills, pine flatwoods, xeric oak and pine woodlands, ridges, woodland edges, cobblebars, and roadbanks, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common (rare in GA Piedmont & GA Coastal Plain)

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LEAVES:
Palmately compound: 3 leaflets
Mostly alternate

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

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Legume

 

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