Baptisia lecontei
Baptisia megacarpa
pineland wild indigo
Apalachicola wild indigo
not blackening upon drying, petiolate;
stipules mostly deciduous, lanceolate, 2–10 mm;
petiole 2–10 mm;
leaflets 3, blades spatulate to obovate.
petiolate;
stipules caducous, lanceolate, very small;
petiole 15–20 mm;
leaflets 3, blades elliptic.
3–10-flowered, flowers well spaced, terminal, bracteate, bracts persistent.
4–10(–12)-flowered, terminal, not secund, ebracteate.
10–20 mm, bracteolate.
8–15 mm.
10–15 mm;
calyx 6–7 mm, lobes ± equal to tube, glabrous or pubescent;
corolla lemon yellow, 9–14 mm.
20–24 mm;
calyx 8–10 mm, glabrous;
corolla yellow or pale yellow, 18–22 mm.
ascending, ovoid to suborbicular, 8–11 × 8–9 mm, abruptly short-beaked, somewhat woody.
mostly pendent, tan or brownish, inflated, broadly ellipsoid, 30–40 × 20–30 mm, leathery or brittle.
2–4.
10–25.
Baptisia lecontei
Baptisia megacarpa
As noted by D. Isely (1981), Baptisia lecontei superficially resembles B. tinctoria in having relatively small flowers, yellow corollas, and somewhat similar legumes. Baptisia tinctoria does not have the persistent, foliaceous bracts and bracteolate pedicels of B. lecontei.
(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
As noted by D. Isely (1981), Baptisia megacarpa is a relatively localized endemic superficially similar to the white-flowered B. lactea but readily distinguished by a number of characters, such as its yellow flowers and the thin walls and pale color of the fruits. In the DNA studies of M. G. Mendenhall (1994), B. megacarpa forms a clade with the B. alba-B. australis-B. lactea-B. sphaerocarpa complex.
(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
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