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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Baptisia perfoliata
FAMILY
Fabaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
You may find it helpful to read The Genus Baptisia in South Carolina by Bill Stringer.
For an in-depth treatment, peruse A monograph of the genus Baptisia (Larisey, 1940).
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Baptisia perfoliata
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Baptisia perfoliata
SYNONYMOUS WITH Native & naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the US (Isely, 1998)
Baptisia perfoliata
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-09-001:
Baptisia perfoliata FAMILY Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH A monograph of the genus Baptisia (Larisey, 1940)
Baptisia perfoliata
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Baptisia perfoliata
COMMON NAME:
Gopherweed, Catbells
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmbperfoliata_wheeler
May Wheeler County GA
Leaves simple and perfoliate. Plant smooth, rhizomatous, 20-36" tall, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001).
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Bill Stringer wcsbaptisia_perfoliata
June
A Southeastern Coastal Plain endemic, per Weakley's Flora.
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Bill Stringer wcsbaptisia_perfoliatab
June
Flowers solitary, axillary; corolla bright yellow, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Baptisia perfoliata
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Baptisia perfoliata
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Baptisia perfoliata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Native & naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the US (Isely, 1998)
Baptisia perfoliata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-09-001:
Baptisia perfoliata
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
A monograph of the genus Baptisia (Larisey, 1940)
Baptisia perfoliata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Baptisia perfoliata
191
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills, per Weakley's Flora
Native to South Carolina & Georgia
Common in GA Coastal Plain, uncommon in SC Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Mostly alternate
FLOWER:
Spring
Yellow
Bilaterally symmetrical
4-5 toothed or lobed calyx
5-parted papilionaceous corolla
10 stamens
Superior ovary
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Legume
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- All About South Carolina Wildflowers (Midgley, 1999) p118
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001) p234
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p294
- Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia (Chafin, 2007) p061
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p219
- Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry (Porcher, 1995) p160
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p188
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011) p109
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