Baptisia alba (L.) Vent. White wild indigo, white false indigo
White false indigo is a North American native. It is also a popular garden plant, and many cultivars have been created. Plants: 24-72" (60-182 cm) in height. Young plants have thick, pale, glaucous (blue-green) stems topped with emerging leaf clusters, resembling asparagus. Leaves: clusters of three (trifoliate): each leaf is ovate or oblanceolate, pointed at both ends, broader toward the tip, 2-6" (5-15 cm) in size, on petioles ¼-½" (6.3-12 mm) long. Flowers: Pea-like, bilaterally symmetrical, 1" (2.5 cm) in size, and pure white. Flowers appear in spikes (racemes) 12-24" (30-60 cm) high. Flowers appear in April-May. Fruits: Seed pods are rounded cylinders about ¾" (1.9 cm) long, green, becoming purplish black. Online References:
Baptisia alba on floridata.com Baptisia alba at Illinois Wildflowers Baptisia alba on Discover Life Baptisia alba on www.nativeplanttrust.org Baptisia alba at the Missouri Botanical Garden Baptisia alba on Plants for a Future, a resource and information centre for edible and otherwise useful plants Baptisia alba at Minnesota Wildflowers References:
Clemants, Steven; Gracie, Carol, Wildflowers in the Field and Forest, Oxford University Press, 2006, p. 320 6/15/2010 · Garden in the Woods, Framingham, Massachusetts
Baptisia alba description by Thomas H. Kent, last updated 25 May 2020. © FloraFinder.org. All rights reserved. |
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