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Baptisia bracteata (longbract wild indigo; Plains wildindigo)

Synonyms: Lasinia bracteata (homotypic)

Infraspecies

Baptisia bracteata var. bracteata (Attributes)
Baptisia bracteata var. laevicaulis (Attributes)
Baptisia bracteata var. leucophaea (Long-bracted Wild Indigo) (Attributes)

Attributes

Flower Type [1]  Hermaphrodite
Hazards [1]  The plant is potentially toxic;
Lifespan [1]  Perennial
Structure [2]  Herb
Height [1]  28 inches (0.7 m)
Width [1]  24 inches (0.6 m)
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Providers

Pollinated by 
Bombias separatus <Unverified Name>[3]
Bombus pensylvanicus (bumble bee)[3]
Osmia bucephala (Bufflehead Mason Bee)[3]
Tetralonia dilecta <Unverified Name>[3]

External References

USDA Plant Profile

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Plants For A Future licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License
♦ 2USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture
♦ 3Robertson, C. Flowers and insects lists of visitors of four hundred and fifty three flowers. 1929. The Science Press Printing Company Lancaster, PA.
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