Fabaceae
White wild indigo
Baptisia alba
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Baptisia
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- White wild indigo, Spiked wild indigo
Synonyms
- Baptisia alba var. alba
- Baptisia albescens Small
- Baptisia albiflora Raf.
- Baptisia psammophila Larisey
- Crotalaria alba L.
- Eaplosia longifolia Raf.
- Podalyria alba (L.) Willd.
- Sophora alba (L.) L.
- Sophora glauca Salisb.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: BlueCanoe, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: BlueCanoe, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Sesamehoneytart, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: gailhampshire from Cradley, Malvern, U.K, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Peterwchen, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Peterwchen, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Peterwchen, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Peterwchen, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.