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Baptisia alba 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. Identification: Plants are 24-72" (60-182 cm) in height. Young plants have thick, pale, glaucous (blue-green) stems topped with emerging leaf clusters, resembling asparagus. Leaves are in 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 appear in spikes (racemes) 12-24" (30-60 cm) high . Flowers are pea-like, bilaterally symmetrical, 1" (2.5 cm) in size, and pure white. Flowers appear in April-May. 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 at the New England Wildflower Society 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, MA Baptisia alba description by Thomas H. Kent, last updated 12 Oct 2018.
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6/15/2010 · Garden in the Woods, Framingham, MA
6/15/2010 · Garden in the Woods, Framingham, MA
6/15/2010 · Garden in the Woods, Framingham, MA
9/6/2018 Range: Zones 5-9:
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