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Photographer: Hugh H. Iltis
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Family Fabaceae
Baptisia tinctoria (L.) R.Br. ex W.T.Aiton
horsefly-weed, rattleweed, yellow wild indigo
Baptisia: from Greek baptizein, "to dye," for the use of this plant for a poor indigo dye
tinctoria: used in dyeing, usually referring to a plant that, when broken, exudes some kind of stain
Hazardous 
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| Status: | Special Concern |
| Plant: | erect, perennial, 1'-3' tall, bushy forb |
| Flower: | yellow, 5-parted, 1/2" long, inflorescence of many, short, terminal clusters; blooms June-July |
| Fruit: | roundish pod |
| Habitat: | dry; in sandy soil |
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