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Baptisia perfoliata

cat-bells
Habit Herbs ascending or erect, much-branched, to 1 m, glabrous.
Leaves

sessile;

stipules absent;

leaflet 1, blade perfoliate, broadly ovate-elliptic.
Racemes

1-flowered, axillary, ebracteate.
Pedicels

absent.
Flowers

15–17 mm;

calyx 5–7 mm, glabrous;

corolla bright yellow, 13–15 mm.
Legumes

ascending, ovoid, 10–15 × 8–12 mm, abruptly beaked, woody.
Seeds

2–4.
2n

= 18.

Baptisia perfoliata
Phenology Flowering Apr–Jun.
Habitat Open pine and pine-oak wood­lands, sandy soils.
Elevation 10–200 m. (0–700 ft.)
Distribution
from FNA
AL; FL; GA; SC
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Discussion

Baptisia perfoliata forms hybrids with B. alba, B. lanceolata, and B. tinctoria; F1 hybrids with the latter are called B. × microphylla Nuttall.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 11.
Parent taxa Fabaceae > subfam. Faboideae > Baptisia
Sibling taxa
B. alba, B. arachnifera, B. australis, B. bracteata, B. calycosa, B. cinerea, B. hirsuta, B. lactea, B. lanceolata, B. lecontei, B. leucophaea, B. megacarpa, B. nuttalliana, B. simplicifolia, B. sphaerocarpa, B. tinctoria
Synonyms Crotalaria perfoliata
Name authority (Linnaeus) R. Brown in W. Aiton and W. T. Aiton: Hortus Kew. 3: 5. (1811)
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