Atlantic Wild Indigo
Baptisia alba var. macrophylla (purple flowers)
Fabaceae
Other names
White False Indigo, Prairie False Indigo
Growth habit
Herbaceous
Perennation
Perennial
Native distribution
Central US
Location
Source of plant
Cornell Botanic Gardens
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 purple, 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