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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Baptisia aberrans   FAMILY Fabaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Baptisia australis var. aberrans   FAMILY Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Baptisia aberrans

INCLUDED WITHIN Native & naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the US (Isely, 1998)

Baptisia australis var. australis

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-09-002?:

Baptisia australis   FAMILY Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH A monograph of the genus Baptisia (Larisey, 1940)

Baptisia minor var. aberrans

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Baptisia australis

 

COMMON NAME:
Eastern Prairie Blue Wild Indigo, Glade Wild Indigo, Glade Blue Wild Indigo, Glade Blue Baptisia


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image of Baptisia aberrans, Eastern Prairie Blue Wild Indigo, Glade Wild Indigo, Glade Blue Wild Indigo, Glade Blue Baptisia

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmbminoraberrans_w1

April        

image of Baptisia aberrans, Eastern Prairie Blue Wild Indigo, Glade Wild Indigo, Glade Blue Wild Indigo, Glade Blue Baptisia

Alan S. Weakley    asw_247290821222641

May    Granville County    NC

At most NC sites where this still occurs, there are other rare plant species present, per Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

image of Baptisia aberrans, Eastern Prairie Blue Wild Indigo, Glade Wild Indigo, Glade Blue Wild Indigo, Glade Blue Baptisia

Alan S. Weakley    asw_258104840090756

May    Granville County    NC

Legume thin-walled, brittle and firm, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Baptisia aberrans, Eastern Prairie Blue Wild Indigo, Glade Wild Indigo, Glade Blue Wild Indigo, Glade Blue Baptisia

Alan S. Weakley    asw_553293446969935

May    Granville County    NC

Calyx glabrous except for the densely short-ciliate margin, the upper lip barely divided, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Baptisia aberrans, Eastern Prairie Blue Wild Indigo, Glade Wild Indigo, Glade Blue Wild Indigo, Glade Blue Baptisia

Alan S. Weakley    asw_568901238692907

May    Granville County    NC

Leaflets mostly oriented in a vertical plane (so viewed from above, the plant almost invisible), per Weakley's Flora (2023).


click here to see other plants that look similar to this COMPARE leaves that are trifoliolate and palmately compound

image of Baptisia aberrans, Eastern Prairie Blue Wild Indigo, Glade Wild Indigo, Glade Blue Wild Indigo, Glade Blue Baptisia

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_b_minor_aberrans

June        

Flowers in terminal, erect racemes 10-40cm long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Baptisia aberrans, Eastern Prairie Blue Wild Indigo, Glade Wild Indigo, Glade Blue Wild Indigo, Glade Blue Baptisia

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmbminoraberrans_w2

Month Unknown        

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Baptisia aberrans   FAMILY Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Baptisia australis var. aberrans   FAMILY Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Baptisia aberrans

INCLUDED WITHIN Native & naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the US (Isely, 1998)
Baptisia australis var. australis

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-09-002?:
Baptisia australis   FAMILY Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH A monograph of the genus Baptisia (Larisey, 1940)
Baptisia minor var. aberrans

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Baptisia australis

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

2408

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Glades, barrens, and open woodlands over limestone (or other calcareous rocks) and diabase (or other mafic rocks), in areas that were formerly prairies, barrens, glades, or oak savannas, per Weakley's Flora

Native to North Carolina & Georgia

Rare

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LEAVES:
Palmately compound: 3 leaflets
Mostly alternate

FLOWER:
Spring
Blue/Violet
Bilaterally symmetrical
4-5 toothed or lobed calyx
5-parted papilionaceous corolla
10 stamens
Superior ovary

FRUIT:
Summer
Legume

 

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