Fabaceae
Blue wild indigo
Baptisia australis
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Baptisia
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Common names
By language (8)
- Arabic
- النيلة البرية
- Chinese
- 澳洲假槐蓝, 蓝花赝靛
- Czech
- Baptisie jižní
- English
- Blue wild indigo, Blue false indigo
- French
- Lupin indigo
- German
- Indigolupine, Australische Färberhülse, Blaue Färberhülse
- Polish
- Baptysja błękitna
- Slovenian
- Nepravi indigovec
Synonyms
- Podalyria australis (L.) Willd.
- Ripasia caerulea (Trew) Raf.
- Sophora australis L.
- Sophora caerulea Trew
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: Wikimedia Commons contributor, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: jesxbetterthanu, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
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Photo: Denis.prévôt, CC BY-SA 3.0, 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.