Baptisia australis

wild blue indigo, false blue indigo

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Family

Fabaceae

Region

Mountain, Piedmont

States

District of Columbia, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia

Plant Type

Herbaceous

Height

3 - 5ft

Spread

- ft

Flower Color

Blue, Purple

Fruit

;

Sun Exposure

Full Sun, Partial Sun

Soil Texture

Sandy

Soil Moisture

Dry, Moist

Blooms

May - June

Fall Color

Habitat

rich open woods, alluvial thickets, stream banks, sandy floodplains

Notes

tolerates poor soils; flowers very showy; shrublike form; threatened in MD, rare to uncommon in VA (S3)--but both reviewers o.k.ed

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The Native Plants Guide

Physiographic Regions of Chesapeake Watershed

Mountain
Piedmont
Coastal Plain