Baptisia

Contains 9 accepted taxa overall.

Characteristics
Baptisia Vent.
FABACEAE
WILD INDIGO
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Classification
FABALES
Baptisia
Citation
BAPTISIA Ventenat, Dec. Gen. Nov. 9. 1808.
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TYPE: Baptisia alba (Linnaeus) Ventenat (Crotalaria alba Linnaeus) Lectotypified by Britton & A. Brown, Ill. Fl. N. U.S., ed. 2. 2: 344. 1913.
Distribution Map Present

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Species
Scientific Name Common Name Herbarium Specimens Status Photos
Baptisia alba WHITE WILD INDIGO Native FACU (NWPL)
Baptisia albescens SPIKED WILD INDIGO Native
Baptisia calycosa FLORIDA WILD INDIGO Native Rare-State
Baptisia hirsuta HAIRY FLORIDA WILD INDIGO Native Threatened-State
Baptisia lanceolata GOPHERWEED Native
Baptisia lecontei PINELAND WILD INDIGO Native
Baptisia megacarpa APALACHICOLA WILD INDIGO Native Rare-State
Baptisia perfoliata CATBELLS Native
Baptisia simplicifolia SCAREWEED Native Threatened-State
Identification Key
1.  Stipules absent; leaves 1-foliolate
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1.  Stipules present, 0.1-15 mm long (deciduous or persistent); leaves 3-foliolate (distal ones sometimes 1- or 2-foliolate)
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2.  Leaves perfoliate; flowers axillary, solitary
B. perfoliata
2.  Leaves sessile; flowers numerous in a raceme to 20 cm long
B. simplicifolia
3.  Pedicels 1-4 cm long, with bracteoles above the middle, subtended by a bract 3-25 mm long; corolla 10-14 mm long
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3.  Pedicels 0.3-1.3 cm long, without bracteoles, subtended by a bract to 5 mm long or the bract absent; corolla (11-)13-24 mm long
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4.  Pedicel bracteoles 2-5(-11) mm long; calyx 5-7(-9) mm long, the lobes subequal to shorter than the calyx tube
B. lecontei
4.  Pedicel bracteoles 10-16 mm long; calyx 9-13 mm long, the lobes much longer than the tube
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5.  Plant glabrate
B. calycosa
5.  Plant hirsute
B. hirsuta
6.  Corolla white
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6.  Corolla yellow
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7.  Corolla 20-25 mm long; fruit 10-25(-30) mm wide, black when mature
B. alba
7.  Corolla 14-18 mm long; fruit 7-9 mm wide, yellow-brown when mature
B. albescens
8.  Petioles 4-12 mm long; leaflets narrowly oblanceolate to obovate, mostly 2.5-4.5 times long as wide; flowers often solitary and axillary, and racemose; fruit woody, 1-2.5 cm long, 1-1.2 cm wide
B. lanceolata
8.  Petioles 15-20 mm long; leaflets broadly elliptic to broadly obovoate, mostly 2-2.5 times long as wide; flowers racemose; fruit coriaceous, 3-4 cm long, 1.8-2.5 cm wide
B. megacarpa
Genus Synonyms
Synonym Full Citation Basionym Type
Eaplosia Eaplosia Rafinesque, New Fl. 2: 51. 1837 ("1836"). TYPE: Non designatus.
Lasinia Lasinia Rafinesque, New Fl. 2: 48. 1837 ("1836"). TYPE: Non designatus.
Pericaulon Pericaulon Rafinesque, New Fl. 2: 50. 1837 ("1836"). TYPE: Non designatus.
Ripasia Ripasia Rafinesque, New Fl. 2: 48. 1837 ("1836"). TYPE: Ripasia coerulea (Moench) Rafinesque, nom. illegit. (Sophora coerulea Moench, nom. illegit.; Sophora australis Linnaeus)