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Common Name: Gopherweed, Catbells
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Baptisia perfoliata FAMILY: Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Baptisia perfoliata FAMILY: Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Baptisia perfoliata 098-09-001 FAMILY: Fabaceae
Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills
Common in GA Coastal Plain, uncommon in SC Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere)
Native to South Carolina & Georgia
Common Name: Hairy Rattleweed, Hairy Wild Indigo
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Baptisia arachnifera FAMILY: Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Baptisia arachnifera FAMILY: Fabaceae
Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills
Rare
Native to Georgia
Common Name: Tall Blue Wild Indigo, Streamside Blue Indigo, Tall Blue Baptisia
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Baptisia australis FAMILY: Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Baptisia australis var. australis FAMILY: Fabaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Baptisia australis 098-09-002 FAMILY: Fabaceae
Habitat: Riverbank scour areas, gravel bars, and disturbed areas (where persisting from cultivation)
Rare or waif(s)
Native to Georgia & TN & northwards (original range obscured by cultivation)
Common Name: Eastern Prairie Blue Wild Indigo, Glade Wild Indigo, Glade Blue Wild Indigo, Glade Blue Baptisia
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Baptisia aberrans FAMILY: Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Baptisia australis var. aberrans FAMILY: Fabaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Baptisia australis 098-09-002? FAMILY: Fabaceae
Habitat: Glades, barrens, and open woodlands over limestone (or other calcareous rocks) and diabase (or other mafic rocks), in areas that were formerly prairies, barrens, glades, or oak savannas
Rare
Native to North Carolina & Georgia
Common Name: Carolina Wild Indigo, Gray-hairy Wild Indigo
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Baptisia cinerea FAMILY: Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Baptisia cinerea FAMILY: Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Baptisia cinerea 098-09-003 FAMILY: Fabaceae
Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills, other dry sandy woods
Common in Carolina Coastal Plain (where it is a narrow endemic), rare elsewhere
Native to the Carolinas
Common Name: Creamy Wild Indigo
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Baptisia bracteata FAMILY: Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Baptisia bracteata var. bracteata FAMILY: Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Baptisia bracteata 098-09-004 FAMILY: Fabaceae
Habitat: Dry ridgetop woodlands and forests, longleaf pine sandhills, other dry woodlands
Uncommon (historically in NC, but not recently seen)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common Name: longbract wild indigo
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Baptisia leucophaea + FAMILY: Fabaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Baptisia bracteata var. leucophaea FAMILY: Fabaceae
Look for it in pinelands and, depending on variety, woodlands or coastal prairies
Native: west of the Carolinas & Georgia
Common Name: Gopherweed, Lanceleaf Wild Indigo
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Baptisia lanceolata var. lanceolata FAMILY: Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Baptisia lanceolata var. lanceolata FAMILY: Fabaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Baptisia lanceolata 098-09-006 FAMILY: Fabaceae
Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills, dry pine flatwoods
Common in GA Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
Native to South Carolina & Georgia
Common Name: Nuttall's Wild Indigo
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Baptisia nuttalliana FAMILY: Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Baptisia nuttalliana FAMILY: Fabaceae
Habitat: Woodlands and prairies
Native: south central US
Common Name: Horsefly Weed, Yellow Wild Indigo, Yellow False-indigo, Rattleweed
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Baptisia tinctoria FAMILY: Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Baptisia tinctoria FAMILY: Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Baptisia tinctoria 098-09-007 FAMILY: Fabaceae
Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills, pine flatwoods, xeric oak and pine woodlands, ridges, woodland edges, cobblebars, and roadbanks
Common (rare in GA Piedmont & GA Coastal Plain)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common Name: a hybrid Wild Indigo
PLANTS National Database: Baptisia ×serenae [albescens × tinctoria] FAMILY: Fabaceae
Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Baptisia serenae 098-09-008 FAMILY: Fabaceae
Rare?
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common Name: Narrow-pod White Wild Indigo, Spiked Wild Indigo
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Baptisia albescens FAMILY: Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Baptisia albescens FAMILY: Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISAPPLIED) Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Baptisia alba 098-09-009 FAMILY: Fabaceae
Habitat: Dry woodlands, pine flatwoods, roadsides
Uncommon (rare in GA & NC Mountains) (rare in GA Piedmont)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common Name: Thick-pod White Wild Indigo
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Baptisia alba FAMILY: Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Baptisia alba var. alba FAMILY: Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Baptisia pendula 098-09-010 FAMILY: Fabaceae
Habitat: Dry woodlands, pine flatwoods, roadsides
Common in Carolina Coastal Plain, uncommon in Carolina Piedmont (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common Name: white wild indigo
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Baptisia lactea FAMILY: Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Baptisia alba var. macrophylla FAMILY: Fabaceae
Habitat: Woodlands, prairies, roadsides
Rare
Native west of the Carolinas & Georgia
Common Name: Apalachicola Wild Indigo, Bigpod Wild Indigo
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Baptisia megacarpa FAMILY: Fabaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Baptisia megacarpa FAMILY: Fabaceae
Habitat: Moist forests of floodplains and lower slopes
Rare
Native to Georgia
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