Baptisia lactea |
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western white indigo |
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Habit | Herbs to 2 m, glabrous. | ||||
Leaves | petiolate; stipules caducous, lanceolate, 2–8 mm; petiole 5–15 mm; leaflets 3, blades obovate. |
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Racemes | 8–20-flowered, terminal, stiffly erect, ebracteate. |
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Pedicels | 3–10 mm. |
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Flowers | 18–25 mm; calyx 7–8 mm, glabrous; corolla white, 16–23 mm. |
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Legumes | black in age, ascending to spreading-pendent, plump, ellipsoid-cylindric, 23–50 × 10–30 mm, smooth. |
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Seeds | 20–30. |
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Baptisia lactea |
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Distribution |
c United States; se United States |
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Discussion | Varieties 2 (2 in the flora). Baptisia lactea forms hybrids with B. lanceolata, B. nuttalliana, B. sphaerocarpa (B. × sulphurea Engelmann), and B. tinctoria (B. × deamii Larisey). Peripheral intergradation between var. lactea and var. pendula occurs (hence their treatment as varieties); they are not known to co-occur at present. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Key |
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Source | FNA vol. 11. | ||||
Parent taxa | Fabaceae > subfam. Faboideae > Baptisia | ||||
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Synonyms | Dolichos lacteus | ||||
Name authority | (Rafinesque) Thieret: Sida 3: 446. (1969) | ||||
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