NameThatPlant.net: Baptisia arachnifera

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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Baptisia arachnifera FAMILY Fabaceae Go to FSUS key

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SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Baptisia arachnifera FAMILY Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Baptisia arachnifera

SYNONYMOUS WITH Native & naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the US (Isely, 1998)

Baptisia arachnifera

COMMON NAME:
Hairy Rattleweed, Hairy Wild Indigo

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image of Baptisia arachnifera, Hairy Rattleweed, Hairy Wild Indigo

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April

Unmistakable for its simple leaves & dense "cobwebby" pubescence, per Weakley's Flora.

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Baptisia arachnifera FAMILY Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Baptisia arachnifera FAMILY Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Baptisia arachnifera

SYNONYMOUS WITH Native & naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the US (Isely, 1998)
Baptisia arachnifera

2405

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills, per Weakley's Flora

Native to Georgia

Rare

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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate

FLOWER:
Summer
Yellow
Bilaterally symmetrical
4-5 toothed or lobed calyx
5-parted papilionaceous corolla
10 stamens
Superior ovary

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Legume

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