White False Indigo

Baptisia alba Fabaceae

Growth habit

Herbaceous

Perennation

Long-lived polycarpic perennial

Native distribution

VA to FL

Location

Zucker Shrub Collection

Source of plant

Twombly's Nursery, North Creek Nurseries, We-Du Nurseries

Description

Plants reach 4'-5' in height, much branched, glabrous or nearly so, stipules minute, soon deciduous. Leaves oblanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, 2-4 cm long. Racemes solitary or few, erect, flowers white. Seed pods brown, cylindric, erect.

USDA Hardiness Zone

4