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Baptisia alba (L.)Vent.

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HIGHER TAXON: Thermopsideae

GENUS: Baptisia Vent.

Baptisia alba (L.)Vent. [Preferred name]
    Baptisia albescens Small {Synonym}
    Baptisia albiflora Raf. {Synonym}
    Baptisia lactea (Raf.)Thieret {Synonym}
    Baptisia leucantha Torr. & A.Gray {Synonym}
    Baptisia leucantha var. divaricata Larisey {Synonym}
    Baptisia leucantha var. pauciflora Larisey {Synonym}
    Crotalaria alba L. {Synonym}
    Dolichos lacteus Raf. {Synonym}
    Podalyria alba (L.)Willd. {Synonym}
    Sophora alba (L.)L. {Synonym}

  
VERNACULAR NAME:
  White False Indigo [3157]; White Wild Indigo [3160]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  North America
Canada (N) [1431]; United States (N) [1363, 1398, 1743, 2137, 3157]; Alabama [1363, 3157]; Arkansas [3157]; Florida [1363, 1398, 1743, 2137, 3157]; Georgia [1363, 1398, 2137, 3157]; Illinois [3157]; Indiana [3157]; Iowa [3157]; Kansas [3157]; Kentucky [3157]; Louisiana [3157]; Michigan [3157]; Minnesota [3157]; Mississippi [3157]; Missouri [3157]; Nebraska [3157]; North Carolina [1363, 1398, 2137, 3157]; Ohio [3157]; Oklahoma [3157]; South Carolina [1363, 1398, 2137, 3157]; Tennessee [1363, 2137, 3157]; Texas [3157]; Virginia [1363, 1398, 1743]; Wisconsin [3157]

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [1363, 1398, 2137, 3157] ; Distribution Map [1363, 3157] ; Illustration [3159]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing ; Conservation Status: Not Threatened ; Further editing: 2005-07 (Americas update) Sokolova IV [3157] ; Habit: Herb ; Lifespan: Perennial ; Source(s): 1988 (Americas) Zarucchi JL, 1993 Zarucchi JL, 2000 Bisby FA

  
NOTES:
  Prominent component of Tallgrass Prairie. [3160]

  
BIBLIOGRAPHY:

1363.

  Isely, D., 1981
    Mem.New York Bot.Gard.25(3):1-264 Legum. of the U.S.: III.

1398.

  Larisey, M.M., 1940
    Ann.Missouri Bot.Gard.27(2):119-258 A Monograph of Baptisia

1431.

  List Based Record, 1986
    U.S. Soil Conservation Service

1743.

  Gleason, H.A., 1968
    Ill.Fl.Northern U.S.(Ed.3).Vol.2.Hafner Pub. Co. 655pp

2137.

  Radford, A.E. er al., 1968
    Man.of Vasc. Fl. of the Carolinas Fabaceae 569-645

3157.

  Isely, D., 1998
    Native & naturalized Leg.of the USA.Brigham Young Univ.Utah

3159.

  Ladd, D., 1995
    Tallgrass prairie wildflowers. Falcon, Montana

3160.

  Trager, J.C., 1996
    Prairie Trail Guide. Shaw Arboretum, Gray Summit, Missouri
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