Family: Papilionaceae
Scientific Name: Baptisia sphaerocarpa
Common Name: Yellow Wild Indigo
| Description | A slow growing native plant tolerating dry conditions, prefers full sun. |
| Pronunciation | (bap-TIZ-i-a) |
| Plant Type | All Plants, Wild Flowers |
| Hardiness Zone | 5-8 |
| Sunlight | full |
| Moisture | average to dry, draught tolerant |
| Soil & Site | dry to medium wet, well-drained soil, tolerates dry soils |
| Temperature | heat tolerant |
| Flowers | yellow, pea-like flowers, 1/2 inch, borne in erect racemes reaching 12-15 inches held above the foliage mound, s |
| Fruit | spherical seeds pods, atypical of the pea shaped pod |
| Leaves | mound of clover-like, trifoliate, blue-green leaves |
| Roots | tap root |
| Dimensions | 2-3 feet tall by equal spread, mounded up right |
| Maintenance | may open up after bloom and some shearing will help to maintain shape but will loose the production of seed pods, difficult to move once established |
| Propagation | slow from seeds |
| Native Site | Found in Arkansas, Louisiana, Missouri, Oklahoma and Texas USA. |
| Notes & Reference | #144-Missouri Botanical Gardens web site (www.missouribotanicalgarden.org) |
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