Wild indigo

Wild Indigo is is starting to bloom in the prairies. These tall spikes are the showiest of all the spring prairie wildflowers. Baptisia australis

Legume; Found on prairies, glades and open woodlands; Used by Indian tribes for dye and medicinal purposes. Seed pods make a great rattle

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Botanical Name of Wild Indigo: Baptisia tinctoria. Other Common Names: Broom-clover, Baptisia, indigo-weed, horsefly-weed, indigo-broom, shoofly, yellow indigo, American indigo, yellow broom, cloverbroom, rattlebush. Habitat: Wild indigo grows mainly along the Eastern Side of the United States – from Maine to Minnesota and all the way south to Florida, but typically no further than southeast of Louisiana. Plant Description: Wild indigo is a perennial plant that grows about 2 to 3 feet in…

The University of Wisconsin-Platteville is located in the Driftless Area, a 24,000 square mile area in southwest Wisconsin, northwest Illinois, northeast Iowa, and southwest Illinois that is untouched by glaciers. Native Plant Landscape Beds Our unique ecosystem is unlike any other in the world. To help raise awareness of our unique landscape, you will find landscape beds across campus planted in native plants that are pollinator-friendly. There are plant identification signs in several of…

Blue Indigo plant (Baptisia australis) blossoms are blue or purple and appear on tall flower spikes, blooms six weeks in spring early summer [DETAILS]

Baptisia australis has indigo blue flower that rise above the green foliage that bloom in summer. Seedpods emerge in the fall.

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A grand wildflower, Baptisia alba (White Wild Indigo) is an upright perennial with a long season of interest. In spring and summer, this southeastern United States native bears long spikes of pea-shaped, white flowers, resembling Lupines.

My wild blue indigo (Baptisia australis) has many seed pods. Can I harvest them and grow plants from the seed? Are there special tricks to germinating baptisia?