Native Plants of the Great Lakes
North Branch Restoration Project:
Native Plant and Seed Collection
Baptisia Leucantha / Family:
Fabaceae
White Wild Indigo, Swink/Wilhelm #8
FLOWERING: June - July.
SEED TIMING: Mid-August through September.
HABITAT: Mesic to dry prairies.
DIAGNOSTIC FEATURES: 3 - 5 feet tall. Smooth, stout stem
with widely branched crown like a mini-bush. Smooth leaves have
small stipules, short petioles, and 3 leaflets. A tall, elegant,
spike-like inflorescence is closely set with very large pale white
pea flowers. Flowers later than B. Leucophaea.
TO PICK: Smooth, inflated legume pod is dark
brownish-black. Pick whole pod. Remove seeds from pods to prevent
further predation by larvae or weevils which may be inside pod. |
