Blue Wild Indigo
Scientific Name:Baptisia australis


NOTES: Commonly called blue wild indigo, or blue false indigo is an upright perennial which typically grows 3-4' tall and occurs in rich woods, thickets and along streambanks. It features purple, lupine-like flowers in erect racemes (to 12") atop flower spikes.

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Blue Wild Indigo
Genus species: Baptisia australis
Common Name: Blue Wild Indigo
Family Name: Fabaceae  
Herbaceous or woody plants; leaves alternate or basal, simple or compound, stipulate, the petiole and petiolule base typically swollen; flowers bisexual, mostly irregular, in various clusters; fruit a legume.
Seed Type: Angiosperm
Origin:  
Native: native to North America.
Non-native: not native to North America.
Introduced Native: native to North
America, but not Rowe Woods.
* Definitions based on the USDA
terminology
Introduced Native
Category:Wildflower
Flower Color:Violet/Blue
CNC Habitat: Herb Wall
Identified by:M. Becus
Months in Bloom:  
The highlighted month(s) in this chart indicate when the plant has been observed blooming.
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