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Home  /  Plants  /  Budburst Species  /  Baptisia australis
Phenology Observation Sheet for Wildflowers and Herbs

COMMON NAME

Blue false indigo

SCIENTIFIC NAME

Baptisia australis

ALSO KNOWN AS

Wild blue indigo

Plant family

Pea (Fabaceae)

Plant group

Wildflowers and Herbs

This beautiful plant is an often used garden perennial and was named the 2010 perennial plant of the year. Its common name refers to one use of the plant. The Cherokees used the plant to create a blue dye, similar to the dye from the true indigo plant (Indigofera tinctoria). Its dried pea-like pods have been used for rattles for children and are popular in dried plant arrangements.
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This beautiful plant is an often used garden perennial and was named the 2010 perennial plant of the year. Its common name refers to one use of the plant. The Cherokees used the plant to create a blue dye, similar to the dye from the true indigo plant (Indigofera tinctoria). Its dried pea-like pods have been used for rattles for children and are popular in dried plant arrangements.
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Did you know?

If you break or crush the leaf or stem of a blue false indigo plant, the sap that emerges will turn blue when exposed to air. Also, the dried seed pods of Blue false indigo are used in dried flower arrangements.
DISTRIBUTION IN TH U.S.
Alabama , Arkansas , Connecticut , Georgia , Iowa , Illinois , Indiana , Kansas , Kentucky , Massachusetts , Maryland , Michigan , Missouri , North Carolina , Nebraska , New Hampshire , New Jersey , New York , Ohio , Oklahoma , Pennsylvania , South Carolina , Tennessee , Texas , Virginia , Vermont , Wisconsin , West Virginia
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