Baptisia leucantha Torr. & Gray white false indigo, white wild indigo
Global_ID_number192833

Description


other features: adventitious,
leaves: alternate,compound,entire,pinnate,oblanceolate,obovate,
flowers: Click to see image Click to see image Click to see imageraceme,perianth:color:white,may,june,july,
Plant: not carnivorous,broadleaf,perennial,autotrophic,herbaceous,
Discussion: Species is tall and widely branched. Leaves:smooth, shiny leaves, trifoliolate, petioled 1-2 cm except of uppermost; leaflets petioluted ca. 0.5-1 mm, elliptic-obovate to oblanceolate, 2-6 (-8) cm long, (1.5-) 2-4.5 r (ratio) leaves are normally 2 to 4.5 times longer than they are wide; stipules small, caducous Flowers:Holds flowering stem upright,has bright white flowers. Raceme(s) elongate (-short), with numerous (-few) flowers; bracts caducous; bracteoles lacking; pedicels 3-10 mm long. Calyx 7-8 mm long,glabrous, lobes shorter than tube; corolla white, 2-2.5 cm long; ovules (12-) 20+. Stems:0.5-2.0 dm tall or long, erect or divaricate, glabrous, commonly glaucous. Roots: Seeds:
Special_diagnostic_characters: It's large white flowers, deciduous bracts and stipules, and apically truncate, abruptly beaked pods distinquish it from other species.