Native & Naturalized Plants of the Carolinas & Georgia

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2405

Forb
Perennial

Native to Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA - -

Rare, endemic to GA

Look for it in sandhills, per Weakley's Flora

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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate

FLOWER:
Summer
Yellow
Bilaterally symmetrical
4-5 toothed or lobed calyx
5-parted papilionaceous corolla
10 stamens
Superior ovary

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Legume

 

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Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Fabales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
 Baptisia arachnifera   FAMILY Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
 Baptisia arachnifera   FAMILY Fabaceae

 

COMMON NAME:
 Hairy Rattleweed, Hairy Wild Indigo

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Patrick D. McMillan    pdmbarachnifera_wl

April        

Unmistakable for its simple leaves & dense "cobwebby" pubescence, per Weakley's Flora.