Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Fabales
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Many of our species hybridize when they grow in proximity. They are generally recognizable (especially in context with their parents) by their intermediate morphology. Additional hybrids have been created by plant breeders and may be found in cultivation, per Weakley's Flora (2023).
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Baptisia ×serenae [albescens × tinctoria]
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Southeastern States (Cronquist 1980, Isely 1990)
Baptisia albescens × B. tinctoria
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-09-008:
Baptisia serenae FAMILY Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Baptisia serenae
COMMON NAME:
a hybrid Wild Indigo
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Dan Whitten sdw_baptisia_hybrid
June Oconee County SC
Oconee State Park
Legume ellipsoid, 1.5-2.3(3)cm long, thin- or thick-walled, tan or black, per Leguminosae (Fabaceae), vol 3, part 2, Vascular flora of the southeastern United States (Isely, 1990).
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Dan Whitten sdw_baptisia_hybrid1
June Oconee County SC
Oconee State Park
Plants erect or divaricate, glabrous, resembling one parent or the other, per Leguminosae (Fabaceae), vol 3, part 2, Vascular flora of the southeastern United States (Isely, 1990).
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Dan Whitten sdw_baptisia_hybrid4
June Oconee County SC
Oconee State Park
Raceme slender: calyx lobes shorter than tube, per Manual of the Southeastern Flora (JK Small, 1933).
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Dan Whitten sdw_baptisia_hybrid6
June Oconee County SC
Oconee State Park
Leaflets 1-3cm+; blades obovate, cuneate-obovate or spatulate-oblanceolate, per Manual of the Southeastern Flora (JK Small, 1933).
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Baptisia ×serenae [albescens × tinctoria]
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Vascular Flora of the Southeastern States (Cronquist 1980, Isely 1990)
Baptisia albescens × B. tinctoria
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-09-008:
Baptisia serenae
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Baptisia serenae
4393
Forb
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Rare?
LEAVES:
Palmately compound: 3 leaflets
Mostly alternate
FLOWER:
Spring/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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