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Know Your Natives – Yellow Wild Indigo

Posted on June 28, 2024 by ANPS Webmaster

Yellow Wild Indigo (Baptisia sphaerocarpa) of the Pea (Fabaceae) family is a shrub-like, herbaceous perennial with bright yellow pea-type flowers. Genus name is derived from Greek for “to dye” (bapto), based on another member of the genus (Indigofera tinctoria) used … Continue reading →

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Know Your Natives – Cream Wild Indigo

Posted on April 20, 2016 by

Cream wild indigo (Baptisia bracteata*), of the Pea (Fabaceae) family occurs from the Midwest to Texas and the Southeastern states except for Florida.  It is also reported from Connecticut and New Jersey.  In Arkansas, it occurs mostly statewide except for some portions of … Continue reading →

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