| Description | Another great Baptisia from the Prairie Blues series. A vigorous plant loaded with inflorescences of yellow flowers. |
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| Pronunciation | (bap-TIS-ee-uh) |
| Plant Type | All Plants, Perennials Hardy |
| Hardiness Zone | 4-8 |
| Sunlight | full |
| Moisture | average, drought tolerant once established |
| Soil & Site | average |
| Flowers | 12" to 18" long, butter yellow maturing to a blush or orange a or purple, pea-like flowers borne on an inflorescences called a raceme |
| Fruit | legume seed pods, turn black in the fall, rattle in the wind |
| Roots | deep rooted, small nodules on the roots house beneficial bacteria, they turn atmospheric nitrogen into a usable from for the plants |
| Dimensions | 3-4 by 3-4 feet, upright |
| Propagation | PP#20408 |
| Cultivar Origin | Developed by Dr. Jim Ault at the Chicago Botanic Garden in Glencoe, Illinois USA. |
| Misc Facts | formerly in the fabaceae family |
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