Wild Indigo
Baptisia tinctoria

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"Wild Indigo," Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Common names include yellow false indigo, wild indigo, wild-indigo and horseflyweed. It is a herbaceous perennial plant in the family Fabaceae. It is native to eastern North America. The multiple bushy stems of Baptisia tinctoria reach 2 to 3 feet tall. The leaves are silver-green; each is divided into three leaflets about ½ inch long. The flowers are yellow and grow in spikes 1½ to 3 inches long. The leaves are eaten by some lepidopteran caterpillars, for example the Io moth. On Martha's Vineyard, the species is a tumbleweed: it grows in a globular form, breaks off at the root in the autumn, and tumbles about.
Francis A. Crane Wildlife Management Area, East Falmouth, Massachusetts
 
07/11/2021