Cream-colored false indigo
Baptisia leucophaea Nutt.
scientific name, 2008
Baptisia bracteata
Muhl. ex Elliot
other common names: long-bracted wild indigo, plains wild indigo, large-bracted wild indigo, yellowish false indigo, cream wild indigo
Baptisia: from the Greek baptizein, “to dye,” referring to the economic use of some species that yield a poor indigo dye
Leucophaea: meaning “cream-colored”
Legume family: Fabaceae (Leguminosae)
Photograph by Thomas Rosburg, Wildflowers of the Tallgrass Prairie: The Upper Midwest, Second Edition
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