Atlantic Wild Indigo
Baptisia alba var. macrophylla
Fabaceae
Other names
White False Indigo, Prairie False Indigo
Growth habit
Herbaceous
Perennation
Perennial
Native distribution
Central US
Location
Houston and Grossman Ponds, Hillside Garden
Source of plant
Sunny Border Ohio, Seneca Hill Perennials, Cornell Botanic Gardens, Rick Bogusch
Description
Plants reach 3'-6' in height, widely branched, glabrous and glaucous. Leaflets narrowly obovate to oblanceolate, 3-6 cm, racemes solitary or few, erect, the flowers white or with a tinge of purple on the standard, effective in June and July. Seed pods black, drooping, abruptly narrowed to a short beak. Each flower spike is about 3' long and stems are near black, contrasting with the white flowers.
USDA Hardiness Zone
4