FABACEAE

Baptisia bracteata

Common Name:  Plains Wild Indigo

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Baptisia leucophaea habit1.jpg (62353 bytes) Baptisia leucophaea inflorescence2.jpg (48758 bytes)
habit, showing downward-pointing inflorescences--Baptisia bracteata is an herbaceous perennial inflorescence
Baptisia leucophaea flowers1.jpg (24963 bytes) Baptisia leucophaea younginflorescence.jpg (49451 bytes)
flowers--these are typical papilionoid legume flowers young inflorescence, showing sepals