Fabaceae
Longbract wild indigo
Baptisia bracteata
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Baptisia
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Common names
By language (2)
- English
- Longbract wild indigo
- Malayalam
- ബാപ്റ്റിസിയ ബ്രക്റ്റേറ്റ
Synonyms
- Baptisia intercalata Larisey
- Baptisia saligna Greene
- Lasinia bracteata (Muhl. ex Elliott) Raf.
- Podalyria bracteata Muhl.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Frank Mayfield, CC BY-SA 2.0, 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.