NameThatPlant.net: Baptisia nuttalliana

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Fabales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Baptisia nuttalliana FAMILY Fabaceae Go to FSUS key

Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

For an in-depth treatment, peruse A monograph of the genus Baptisia (Larisey, 1940).

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Baptisia nuttalliana FAMILY Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Baptisia nuttalliana

SYNONYMOUS WITH Native & naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the US (Isely, 1998)

Baptisia nuttalliana

SYNONYMOUS WITH A monograph of the genus Baptisia (Larisey, 1940)

Baptisia nuttalliana

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Baptisia nuttalliana

COMMON NAME:
Nuttall's Wild Indigo

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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Baptisia nuttalliana FAMILY Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Baptisia nuttalliana FAMILY Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Baptisia nuttalliana

SYNONYMOUS WITH Native & naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the US (Isely, 1998)
Baptisia nuttalliana

SYNONYMOUS WITH A monograph of the genus Baptisia (Larisey, 1940)
Baptisia nuttalliana

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Baptisia nuttalliana

2885

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: woodlands and prairies, per Weakley's Flora

Native: south central US

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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:
Legume

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