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



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

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

Baptisia lanceolata var. lanceolata

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

Baptisia lanceolata var. lanceolata

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-09-006:

Baptisia lanceolata   FAMILY Fabaceae

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

Baptisia lanceolata

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

Baptisia lanceolata

 

COMMON NAME:
Gopherweed, Lanceleaf Wild Indigo


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image of Baptisia lanceolata var. lanceolata, Gopherweed, Lanceleaf Wild Indigo

JK Marlow    jkm160415_009

April    Turner County    GA

image of Baptisia lanceolata var. lanceolata, Gopherweed, Lanceleaf Wild Indigo

JK Marlow    jkm160415_151

April    Turner County    GA

image of Baptisia lanceolata var. lanceolata, Gopherweed, Lanceleaf Wild Indigo

JK Marlow    jkm160415_157

April    Turner County    GA

image of Baptisia lanceolata var. lanceolata, Gopherweed, Lanceleaf Wild Indigo

JK Marlow    jkm160415_196

April    Turner County    GA

image of Baptisia lanceolata var. lanceolata, Gopherweed, Lanceleaf Wild Indigo

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmblanceolata_wl

April        

Flowers about 1" long, borne in leaf axils or in short terminal racemes, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006).


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image of Baptisia lanceolata var. lanceolata, Gopherweed, Lanceleaf Wild Indigo

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmblanceolata_wl2

April        

A Southeastern Coastal Plain endemic, per Weakley's Flora.

 

 

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

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

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

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

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-09-006:
Baptisia lanceolata   FAMILY Fabaceae

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

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

 

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2406

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills, dry pine flatwoods, per Weakley's Flora

Native to South Carolina & Georgia

Common in GA Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

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LEAVES:
Palmately compound: 3 leaflets
Mostly alternate

FLOWER:
Spring
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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