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Baptisia simplicifolia

scare weed
Habit Herbs to 1 m, glabrous.
Leaves

sessile or subsessile;

stipules absent or caducous;

leaflet 1, blade ovate to broadly ovate.
Racemes

15–25-flowered, terminal, bracteate, bracts persistent.
Pedicels

3–4 mm.
Flowers

14–17 mm;

calyx 5–6 mm, glabrous;

corolla pale yellow, 12–15 mm.
Legumes

ascending, lanceoloid, 10–12 × 6–8 mm, beaks attenuate, woody.
Seeds

2–6.
2n

= 18.

Baptisia simplicifolia
Phenology Flowering Jun–Aug.
Habitat Longleaf pine or palmetto-pine flatlands, heavy, silty-clay soils.
Elevation 10–20 m. (0–100 ft.)
Distribution
from FNA
FL
[BONAP county map]
Discussion

Baptisia simplicifolia is known from the eastern region of the Florida panhandle.

(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. perfoliata, B. sphaerocarpa, B. tinctoria
Name authority Croom: Amer. J. Sci. Arts 25: 74. (1834)
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