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Yellow Wild Indigo

Baptisia sphaerocarpa

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Texas.January 65, February 62, March 98, April 306, May 83, June 40, July 36, August 37, September 44, October 47, November 61, December 59.
United States1,226
Texas734
Arkansas164
Oklahoma135
Louisiana78
Mississippi30
Missouri19
New York15
North Carolina10
Georgia6

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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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