North Carolina Native Plants Society - Native Plants Gallery - Baptisia albescens

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Baptisia albescens

spiked wild indigo

Native/Alien:	Native
Bloom Color(s):	white
Size:	2.5 ft
Light:	full-sun
Soil Moisture:	sub-mesic^(*)
Bloom Time:	May - June - July
Bloom Area:	Piedmont
Notes:	The fruits are unlike any of our other species in being cylindric, about 3× as long as the diameter, and yellowish-brown (rather than black) when mature. (Weakley).
Plant John Flannery
In It's Natural Setting John Flannery
Bloom & Friend John Flannery
Seed Pods Terry Sharpe
Links:	USDA PLANTS Database Record