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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (2/10/25):
Baptisia lanceolata
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 lanceolata var. lanceolata
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 11 (2023)
Baptisia lanceolata var. lanceolata
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Baptisia lanceolata var. lanceolata
SYNONYMOUS WITH Native & naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the US (Isely, 1998)
Baptisia lanceolata var. lanceolata
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-09-006:
Baptisia lanceolata FAMILY Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH A monograph of the genus Baptisia (Larisey, 1940)
Baptisia lanceolata
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Baptisia lanceolata
Basionym
Sophora lanceolata
COMMON NAME:
Gopherweed, Lanceleaf Wild Indigo
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April Turner County GA
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April Turner County GA
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmblanceolata_wl
April
Flowers about 1" long, borne in leaf axils or in short terminal racemes, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006).
COMPARE
leaves that are trifoliolate and palmately compound
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmblanceolata_wl2
April
A Southeastern Coastal Plain endemic, per Weakley's Flora.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (2/10/25):
Baptisia lanceolata
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Baptisia lanceolata var. lanceolata
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 11
Baptisia lanceolata var. lanceolata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Baptisia lanceolata var. lanceolata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Native & naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the US (Isely, 1998)
Baptisia lanceolata var. lanceolata
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-09-006:
Baptisia lanceolata
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
A monograph of the genus Baptisia (Larisey, 1940)
Baptisia lanceolata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Baptisia lanceolata
Basionym
Sophora lanceolata
2406
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills, dry pine flatwoods, per Weakley's Flora
Native to South Carolina & Georgia
Common in GA Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Palmately compound: 3 leaflets
Mostly alternate
FLOWER:
Spring
Yellow
Bilaterally symmetrical
4-5 toothed or lobed calyx
5-parted papilionaceous corolla
10 stamens
Superior ovary
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Legume
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006) p191
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p294
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p030
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p187
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011) p061
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