Cream False Indigo
Baptisia bracteata
Fabaceae
Growth habit
Herbaceous
Perennation
Long-lived polycarpic perennial
Native distribution
Central USA
Source of plant
Polly Hill Arboretum, Heronswood
Description
Stems spreading to ascending, reaching 70 cm in height, often drooping, soft-pubescent throughout. Flowers 2.5 cm long held in ascending or horizontal 2-20-flowered racemes, the petals white to bright yellow, the anthers orange, effective in early spring. Fruit pendant, asymmetrically ellipsoid, somewhat flattened, beaked.
USDA Hardiness Zone
4