Yellow Wild Indigo

Baptisia sphaerocarpa Fabaceae

Other names

Yellow False Indigo

Growth habit

Herbaceous

Perennation

Perennial

Native distribution

Southeastern and South-Central U.S.A.

Location

Bioswale Garden

Source of plant

Plant Delights, Woodlanders Inc., North Creek Nurseries

Description

Plants reach 18" in height and width; leaves are blue-green, rounded; yellow flowers are carried in 12-15" long spikes in late April; seed heads are spherical.

USDA Hardiness Zone

5