OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Fabales

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



INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Baptisia bracteata var. leucophaea   FAMILY Fabaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN A monograph of the genus Baptisia (Larisey, 1940)

Baptisia leucophaea var. glabrescens

 

COMMON NAME:
longbract wild indigo


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

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Baptisia bracteata var. leucophaea   FAMILY Fabaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN A monograph of the genus Baptisia (Larisey, 1940)
Baptisia leucophaea var. glabrescens

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

2407

Forb
Perennial

Look for it in pinelands and, depending on variety, woodlands or coastal prairies, per Weakley's Flora

Native: west of the Carolinas & Georgia

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LEAVES:
Palmately compound: 3 leaflets
Mostly alternate

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

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Legume

 

TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!



 


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