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grayhairy wild indigo

Baptisia cinerea

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in North Carolina.January 24, February 28, March 26, April 54, May 68, June 26, July 20, August 19, September 25, October 25, November 19, December 22.
United States556
North Carolina319
South Carolina224
Virginia5
Georgia4
Kentucky1
Idaho1
Louisiana1

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Traits

Group and habits

  • Forb or herb growth formListed by a harvested source as having a forb or herbaceous growth form.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
  • Perennial plantListed by a harvested source as having a perennial life duration.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
  • Nitrogen fixingDescends from a plant lineage commonly associated with nitrogen-fixing symbioses.Inferred from its group

Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumVascular Plants · Tracheophyta
ClassDicots · Magnoliopsida
OrderLegumes, Milkworts, and Allies · Fabales
FamilyLegumes · Fabaceae
Genuswild indigos · Baptisia

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