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Fabaceae
Baptisia

not marked as a favorite taxon Baptisia perfoliata (Linnaeus) R. Brown ex W.T. Aiton. Common name: Catbells, Gopherweed. Phenology: Apr-May; May-Jul. Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills. Distribution: S. SC to e. GA; disjunct in c. peninsular FL (Orange and Osceola counties); disjunct in wc. AL (Sumter County) (Keener 2007; Woods & Diamond 2014), where believed to be introduced.

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Origin/Endemic status: Endemic

Synonymy ⓘ: = Fl3, FNA11.1, K4, NS, POWO, RAB, S, S13, SE3, WH3, Isely (1981), Isely (1998), Larisey (1940a), Mendenhall (1994a), Mendenhall (1994b), Turner (2006a), Woods & Diamond (2014); = Crotalaria perfoliata L. Basionym: Crotalaria perfoliata L. 1753

Links to other floras: = Baptisia perfoliata - FNA11.1

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Heliophily ⓘ: 9

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image #1 of Baptisia perfoliata© John Gwaltney | Original Image ⭷
image #2 of Baptisia perfoliata© Keith Bradley | Original Image ⭷
image #3 of Baptisia perfoliata© Keith Bradley | Original Image ⭷
image #5 of Baptisia perfoliata© Alan Cressler: baptisia perfoliata, brighams landing road, yuchi wildlife management area, burke county, georgia 1 by Alan Cressler source | Original Image ⭷
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Horticultural Information

NCBG trait

Intro: Erect to spreading perennial found in sandhills, river dunes and longleaf pine woodlands.

Stems: Stems branching, yellowish-green, with a white-waxy coating, smooth.

Leaves: Leaves alternate, sessile and seemingly pierced by the stem (perfoliate), oval to nearly round, 2-4 in. long, smooth.

Inforescence:

Flowers: Flowers borne singly in leaf axils, yellow, 1/2 in. long, bilaterally symmetric and with typical pea-flower shape.

Fruits: Fruit a sturdy, round, inflated pod with short beak at the tip; green, drying to silvery-brown.

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Height: 1-3 ft.

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description: Erect to spreading perennial found in sandhills, river dunes and longleaf pine woodlands.

stems: Stems branching, yellowish-green, with a white-waxy coating, smooth.

leaves: Leaves alternate, sessile and seemingly pierced by the stem (perfoliate), oval to nearly round, 2-4 in. long, smooth.

inflorescence:

flowers: Flowers borne singly in leaf axils, yellow, 1/2 in. long, bilaterally symmetric and with typical pea-flower shape.

fruits: Fruit a sturdy, round, inflated pod with short beak at the tip; green, drying to silvery-brown.

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native range: SC, GA, FL & MS



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