Baptisia lanceolata (Walter) Elliott. Common name: Gopherweed. Phenology: Apr-May; Jun-Nov. Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills, dry pine flatwoods. Distribution: S. SC south to ne. FL and sw. GA, a Southeastern Coastal Plain endemic. Small (1933) alleges that B. lanceolata ranges north to NC, but no documentation is known.
ID notes: The plant is reminiscent of B. cinerea, but forms larger, bushier plants and is separable by characters in the key.
Origin/Endemic status: Endemic
Synonymy ⓘ: = S, S13, Larisey (1940a); Sophora lanceolata Walter = Baptisia lanceolata (Walter) Elliott var. lanceolata — FNA11.1, K4, NS, POWO, SE3, Isely (1981), Isely (1998), Mendenhall (1994a), Mendenhall (1994b), Turner (2006a); < Baptisia lanceolata (Walter) Elliott — Fl3, RAB, WH3, Woods & Diamond (2014). Basionym: Sophora lanceolata Walter 1788
Links to other floras: = Baptisia lanceolata var. lanceolata - FNA11.1
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