Baptisia alba var. alba

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Species Distribution Map
Family:FABACEAE
Species:Baptisia alba (L.) R. Br. var. alba
Common Name:White Wild Indigo; White False Indigo
Habitat:**
Associated Ecological Communities:**
Growth Habit:Herb
Duration:Perennial
Category:Vascular
USDA Symbol:**
Plant Notes:White Wild Indigo is a native herbaceous perennial in the Bean family (Fabaceae). It occurs throughout most of Alabama. White Wild Indigo grows on floodplains, in hardwood or pine forests, in pastures, and on roadsides. It is a perennial from a crown with tough rope-like roots. One or more stems emerges from each crown. The stems are 2-3 feet in height, green or purplish in color, and glabrous. The stems are often glaucous. The stems are freely branched above the middle. Leaves are alternate, petiolate, trifoliate, and glabrous. The leaflets are elliptic to oblanceolate in outline, glabrous, with entire margins. Flowers are produced in an erect terminal raceme. The flowers are stalked, papilionaceous, and white in color. The fruit is a black inflated legume. White Wild Indigo is sometimes available from native plant nurseries. It prefers a sunny location and is not particular about soil type. It can be used as a specimen plant or at the back of a perennial bed.--A. Diamond
Taxonomic Notes:**
Status:Native
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Specimen: View specimen details in the Alabama Herbarium Consortium Specimen Database

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Classification

FamilyFABACEAE - Pea/Bean family
Genus Baptisia
Species Baptisia alba (L.) R. Br. var. alba - White Wild Indigo; White False Indigo

Citation

Citation Baptisia alba (Linnaeus) R. Brown, var. alba, Hort. Kew., ed. 2 [W.T. Aiton] 3: 6. 1811.
Basionym: Crotalaria alba L. 1753.
Type: Without data, (lectotype: Herb. A. van Royen No. 908.112-704 (L)). Lectotypified by Barrie in Turland & Jarvis (ed.), Taxon 46 : 467. 1997.

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Synonyms

SynonymFull CitationBasionymType
Baptisia lactea var. obovata    
Baptisia lactea var. pendula    
Baptisia pendula    
Baptisia pendula var. obovata    

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort; choose a county or herbaria to filter the specimen data.

Counties included on distribution map: Baldwin, Butler, Cherokee, Conecuh, Escambia, Greene, Henry, Jackson, Lawrence, Marengo, Monroe, Montgomery, Morgan, Pike, Tuscaloosa, Walker, Washington

Counties represented by specimen data listed below:

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: ALNHS, AUA, SAMF, TROY, USAM, UWAL

Range of years during which specimens were collected: -

Barcode / Accession No. County Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.		 Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used		 Image
USAM000008818 Washington 29 May 2004 Zebryk, Tad
8575		 USAM
Baptisia alba (Linnaeus) Ventenat
TROY000044190 Montgomery 28 Jun 2016 Diamond, Alvin R.
27534		 TROY
Baptisia alba (Linnaeus) Ventenat
UWAL0033043 Escambia 15 May 2016 Diamond, Alvin R.
27401		 UWAL
Baptisia alba (Linnaeus) Ventenat
UWAL0036649 Walker 13 Jul 2017 England, J. Kevin
8109		 UWAL
Baptisia alba (Linnaeus) Ventenat
UWAL0033041 Escambia 15 May 2016 Diamond, Alvin R.
27398		 UWAL
Baptisia alba (Linnaeus) Ventenat
TROY000019106 Greene 28 Apr 2005 Keener, Brian R.
2649		 TROY
Baptisia alba (Linnaeus) Ventenat
UWAL0035282 Monroe 24 Apr 2011 Webb, Wayne K.
s.n.		 UWAL
Baptisia alba (L.) Vent.
UWAL0033062 Henry 26 May 2016 Diamond, Alvin R.
27420		 UWAL
Baptisia alba (Linnaeus) Ventenat
UWAL0035682 Tuscaloosa 19 Apr 2016 Davenport, L.J.
6125		 UWAL
Baptisia alba (L.) Ventenat
SAMF0006404 Tuscaloosa 19 Apr 2016 Davenport, Lawrence J.
6125		 SAMF
Baptisia alba (Linnaeus) Ventenat
TROY000043784 Escambia 15 May 2016 Diamond, Alvin R.
27401		 TROY
Baptisia alba (Linnaeus) Ventenat
UWAL0039672 Conecuh 05 May 2018 Diamond, Alvin R.
28274		 UWAL
Baptisia alba (L.) Ventenat
TROY000043785 Escambia 15 May 2016 Diamond, Alvin R.
27398		 TROY
Baptisia alba (Linnaeus) Ventenat
TROY000043695 Henry 26 May 2016 Diamond, Alvin R.
27420		 TROY
Baptisia alba (Linnaeus) Ventenat
UWAL0015567 Lawrence 26 May 2014 England, J. Kevin
4898		 UWAL
Baptisia alba (Linnaeus) Ventenat var. alba
UWAL0017237 Lawrence 08 Jun 2014 England, J. Kevin
4924		 UWAL
Baptisia alba (Linnaeus) Ventenat
TROY000019107 Morgan 18 Apr 2003 Keener, Brian R.
2601		 TROY
Baptisia alba (Linnaeus) Ventenat
TROY000050439 Lawrence 26 May 2014 England, J. Kevin
4898		 TROY
Baptisia alba (Linnaeus) Ventenat var. alba
TROY000031807 Marengo 17 Apr 2009 England, J. Kevin
1952		 TROY
Baptisia alba (Linnaeus) Ventenat
ALNHS00001082 Cherokee 10 Apr 2012 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#504		 ALNHS
Baptisia alba (L.) Vent.
TROY000018932 Henry 13 Apr 2008 Diamond, Alvin R.
18965		 TROY
Baptisia alba (Linnaeus) Ventenat
UWAL0044396 Baldwin 04 May 2010 Larsen, Harry S.
1746		 UWAL
Baptisia alba (L.) Vent.
TROY000004879 Butler 18 Mar 2007 Diamond, Alvin R.
17393		 TROY
Baptisia alba (Linnaeus) Ventenat
AUA000026025 Lawrence 26 May 2014 England, J. Kevin
4898		 AUA
Baptisia Alba (L.) Vent.
TROY000004881 Pike 29 Apr 2001 Diamond, Alvin R.
12408		 TROY
Baptisia alba (Linnaeus) Ventenat
TROY000046314 Conecuh 05 May 2018 Diamond, Alvin R.
28274		 TROY
Baptisia alba (Linnaeus) Ventenat
ALNHS00008642 Jackson 16 Jun 2020 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#5194		 ALNHS
Baptisia alba (L.) Vent.
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