PLANTS Profile for Baptisia alba (white wild indigo)

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PLANTS Profile

Baptisia alba (L.) Vent.
white wild indigo

Symbol:

BAAL

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Fabaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48

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Baptisia alba (L.) Vent.

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Distribution:
Baptisia alba (L.) Vent.


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USA (AL, AR, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, NE, NY, OH, OK, SC, TN, TX, VA, WI)

Related Taxa:
Baptisia alba (L.) Vent.

View 236 genera in Fabaceae, 22 species in Baptisia or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.

Distribution of Baptisia alba (L.) Vent. var. alba. .

Baptisia alba var. alba
white wild indigo

Distribution of Baptisia alba (L.) Vent. var. macrophylla (Larisey) Isely. . Image Available.

Baptisia alba var. macrophylla
largeleaf wild indigo

Native

Introduced

Classification:
Baptisia alba (L.) Vent.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Rosidae
Order	Fabales
Family	Fabaceae – Pea family
Genus	Baptisia Vent. – wild indigo
Species	Baptisia alba (L.) Vent. – white wild indigo

Wetland Indicator Status:

NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]). For updated wetland information about this species, see the latest wetland list.

Baptisia alba (L.) Vent.

Baptisia lactea [=BAALM]:

Nat. Ind.

Reg. 1

Reg. 2

Reg. 3

Reg. 4

Reg. 5

Reg. 6

Reg. 7

Reg. 8

Reg. 9

Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

FACU,FAC

FACU*

FAC

FACU*

FACU

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Baptisia alba (L.) Vent.

View species account, photographs, and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 26467.

View species account from Kemper Center for Home Gardening.

View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View 1 propagation protocol from Native Plants Network.

Time Generated: 01/03/2013 04:05 PM CST