Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Fabales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Baptisia aberrans
FAMILY
Fabaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
See Weakley et al. (2018a) for detailed discussion of the taxonomy of the "blue Baptisias".
This is one of a handful of "prairie plants" in NC -- species whose main range lies in high pH prairie-like or glade-like habitats west of the Appalachians -- and one of the state's most beautiful wildflowers. Read more at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
The “aberrans” entity has been lumped into either “minor” or “australis,” it has been treated as a variety of both “minor” and “australis,” and it has been judged to be “the first of the trio to diverge independently”, per Weakley's Flora (2022)
For an in-depth treatment, peruse A monograph of the genus Baptisia (Larisey, 1940).
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Baptisia australis var. aberrans
FAMILY
Fabaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-09-002?:
Baptisia australis FAMILY Fabaceae
COMMON NAME:
Eastern Prairie Blue Wild Indigo, Glade Wild Indigo, Glade Blue Wild Indigo, Glade Blue Baptisia
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
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-09-002?:
Baptisia australis
FAMILY
Fabaceae
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