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Baptisia Ventenat. Common name: Wild Indigo.

Key to Baptisia

A genus of about 20 species (and additional infraspecific taxa), perennial herbs, of temperate e. and c. North America.

ID notes: Many of our species hybridize when they grow in proximity; these hybrids are generally recognizable (especially in context with their parents) by their intermediate morphology. Many additional hybrids have been created by plant breeders and may be found in cultivation.

References: Isely (1981); Isely (1998); Larisey (1940a); Mendenhall (1994a); Mendenhall (1994b); Turner (2006a); Turner (2023b) In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2023a); Weakley (2018) In Weakley et al. (2018a); Woods & Diamond (2014). Show full citations.

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image of plant© Gary P. Fleming | Baptisia albescens | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Alan Cressler: Baptisia arachnifera, Wayne County, Georgia 4 by Alan Cressler | Baptisia arachnifera source | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Bruce Sorrie | Baptisia minor | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Bruce A. Sorrie | Baptisia cinerea | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Scott Ward | Baptisia albescens | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Alan Cressler: Baptisia arachnifera, Wayne County, Georgia 2 by Alan Cressler | Baptisia arachnifera source | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Emily Oglesby | Baptisia australis | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Emily Oglesby | Baptisia aberrans | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Aidan Campos | Baptisia minor source | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Richard & Teresa Ware | Baptisia lactea CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Alan Cressler: Baptisia arachnifera, Wayne County, Georgia 2 by Alan Cressler | Baptisia arachnifera source | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Sonnia Hill | Baptisia sphaerocarpa | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Keith Bradley | Baptisia perfoliata | Original Image ⭷

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