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Photographer: Merel R. Black
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Family Fabaceae
Baptisia bracteata Muhl. ex Elliott var. glabrescens (Larisey) Isely
cream wild indigo, long-bracted wild indigo, plains wild indigo
Baptisia: from Greek baptizein, "to dye," for the use of this plant for a poor indigo dye
bracteata: Latin for "bracted"
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| Status: | Native |
| Plant: | erect, perennial, 10"-32" tall, fuzzy forb; plant breaks easily when dry and is tumbled by the wind |
| Flower: | yellow, 5-parted, 3/4"-1" long, stalks 1/2"-1 1/2" long; inflorescence a 4"-8" long, drooping cluster (raceme) with the small, permanent leaves (bracts) below the inflorescence greater than 1/2" long"; blooms May-June |
| Fruit: | elliptical, fuzzy pod with a pointed beak  |
| Leaf: | palmately-divided into 3-5 leaflets with the stipules at the base appearing as 2 additional leaflets, dries to a gray-black color |
| Habitat: | full to partial sun; dry to moderate moisture; prairies, woods; in sandy, loamy soil |
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