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Baptisia (wild indigo)

Synonyms: Eaplosia; Lasinia; Pericaulon; Podalyria (heterotypic); Ripasia

Wikipedia Abstract

Baptisia (wild indigo, false indigo) is a genus in the legume family, Fabaceae. They are flowering herbaceous perennial plants with pea-like flowers, followed by pods, which are sometimes inflated. They are native to woodland and grassland in eastern and southern North America. The species most commonly found in cultivation is B. australis. Baptisia species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species, including the jaguar flower moth, Schinia jaguarina.
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Species

Baptisia aberrans
Baptisia alba (White wildindigo) (Attributes)
Baptisia albescens
Baptisia arachnifera (hairy rattleweed) (Attributes)
Baptisia australis (Blue Wildindigo) (Attributes)
Baptisia bicolor (bicolor wild indigo)
Baptisia bracteata (longbract wild indigo) (Attributes)
Baptisia bushii
Baptisia calycosa (Florida wild indigo) (Attributes)
Baptisia cinerea (grayhairy wild indigo) (Attributes)
Baptisia fulva (wild indigo)
Baptisia hybr
Baptisia lanceolata (gopherweed) (Attributes)
Baptisia lecontei (pineland wild indigo) (Attributes)
Baptisia megacarpa (Apalachicola wild indigo) (Attributes)
Baptisia microphylla
Baptisia nuttalliana (Nuttall's wild indigo) (Attributes)
Baptisia perfoliata (catbells) (Attributes)
Baptisia serenae
Baptisia simplicifolia (scareweed) (Attributes)
Baptisia sphaerocarpa (green wildingo) (Attributes)
Baptisia sulphurea (sulphur wild indigo)
Baptisia tinctoria (horseflyweed) (Attributes)
Baptisia uniflora
Baptisia variicolor
Baptisia versicolor

External References

Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0