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Baptisia alba
Also called False Indigo, Thin-Pod White Wild Indigo, White False Indigo, White Indigo, Wild Indigo, Wild White Indigo, Thick Pod White Wild Indigo
Baptisia alba, commonly called white wild indigo or white false indigo, is a herbaceous perennial plant in the bean family Fabaceae. It is native in central and eastern North America, and is typically found in open woodland areas and prairies with tall grasslands.
The plant is typically 2 to 3 feet (0.61 to 0.91 m) tall, but can be taller, with white, pealike flowers.
The species can be fatal to cows that ingest the plant. It can cause irritation to humans and is possibly poisonous.
B. alba is a host plant for caterpillars of the wild indigo duskywing butterfly and the indigo stem borer moth. Bumblebees pollinate the flowers.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Baptisia alba by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
