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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Baptisia lanceolata var. lanceolata
FAMILY
Fabaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
You may find it helpful to read The Genus Baptisia in South Carolina by Bill Stringer.
For an in-depth treatment, peruse A monograph of the genus Baptisia (Larisey, 1940).
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Baptisia lanceolata var. lanceolata
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Baptisia lanceolata var. lanceolata
SYNONYMOUS WITH Native & naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the US (Isely, 1998)
Baptisia lanceolata var. lanceolata
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-09-006:
Baptisia lanceolata FAMILY Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH A monograph of the genus Baptisia (Larisey, 1940)
Baptisia lanceolata
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Baptisia lanceolata
COMMON NAME:
Gopherweed, Lanceleaf Wild Indigo
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JK Marlow jkm160415_009
April Turner County GA
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JK Marlow jkm160415_151
April Turner County GA
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JK Marlow jkm160415_157
April Turner County GA
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JK Marlow jkm160415_196
April Turner County GA
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmblanceolata_wl
April
Flowers about 1" long, borne in leaf axils or in short terminal racemes, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006).
COMPARE
leaves that are trifoliolate and palmately compound
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmblanceolata_wl2
April
A Southeastern Coastal Plain endemic, per Weakley's Flora.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Baptisia lanceolata var. lanceolata
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Baptisia lanceolata var. lanceolata
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Baptisia lanceolata var. lanceolata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Native & naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the US (Isely, 1998)
Baptisia lanceolata var. lanceolata
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-09-006:
Baptisia lanceolata
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
A monograph of the genus Baptisia (Larisey, 1940)
Baptisia lanceolata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Baptisia lanceolata
2406
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills, dry pine flatwoods, per Weakley's Flora
Native to South Carolina & Georgia
Common in GA Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Palmately compound: 3 leaflets
Mostly alternate
FLOWER:
Spring
Yellow
Bilaterally symmetrical
4-5 toothed or lobed calyx
5-parted papilionaceous corolla
10 stamens
Superior ovary
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Legume
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006) p191
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p294
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p030
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p187
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011) p061
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