![]() Whole Plant Traits: Plant Type: Herbaceous Perennial Native Plant Perennial Wildflower Woody Plant Leaf Characteristics: Deciduous Habit/Form: Clumping Erect Maintenance: Low.Play Value: Attracts Pollinators Wildlife Food Source Particularly Resistant To (Insects/Diseases/Other Problems): Deer damage, drought, poor and dry soils, and works well when planted to manage erosion Dimensions: Height: 2 ft. Flower nectars are attractive to bees and adult Pearl Crescent butterflies. Life Cycle: Perennial Country Or Region Of Origin: South Eastern Canada to North Central & Eastern U.S.A Fire Risk Rating: medium flammability Wildlife Value: This plant is a larval host to Pearl Crescent (Phyciodes tharos) caterpillars which have several broods and appear from April through November in the north and throughout the year in the deep south and Mexico. Blue dye came from the leaves and yellow from the flowers. Attributes: Genus: Baptisia Species: tinctoria Family: Fabaceae Uses (Ethnobotany): Indigeous people used this plant to make dyes though they were inferior to the dyes made with plants from the Indigofera genus.Tags: #showy flowers #deciduous #full sun tolerant #drought tolerant #specimen #easy to grow #yellow flowers #native perennials #nectar plant #tough plant #low maintenance #fall interest #cottage garden #erosion control #showy fruits #disease resistant #fire medium flammability #NC native #pest resistant #dye plant #deer resistant #cream flowers #herbaceous perennials #native garden #Frosted elfin butterfly #fruits fall #pollinator plant #native wildflower #flowers late spring #dried arrangements #poor soils tolerant #larval host plant #food source summer #prairies #food source fall #flowers early summer #NC Native Pollinator Plant #Wild Indigo Duskywing #food source herbage #food source nectar #food source pollen #Duskywing butterflies #dry soils tolerant #butterfly friendly #partial shade tolerant #bee friendly #Audubon #woodland garden #long lived #wildlife friendly #meadow Profile Video: See this plant in the following landscape: Cultivars / Varieties: VIDEO Created by Homegrown featuring Mark Weathington, Director of JC Raulston Arboretum This plant does not have major insect or disease problems.įire Risk: This plant has a medium flammability rating.īloom: Late spring-Early summer, May-June Nut/Fruit/Seed: Late summer/Fall Tintoria means dye in Latin referring to dyes that were created from this plant. Latin Name & Common Names: This plant is sometimes called a rattleweed because of the ripe pods' rattling noise. If you do not mind not having the seed pods, then you could trim the plant. Do not try to move this plant once it is settled. Full sun, versus other sunlight conditions, makes this plant feel the happiest. This plant may not always be the best choice for a front and center placement in the garden because this plant is not extremely showy. ![]() Where to Plant: Plant in a woodland, cottage, native, or meadow garden as a specimen or in small groups. ![]() Wild indigo is a low maintenance, herbaceous perennial in the Fabaceae family. Phonetic Spelling bap-TEE-zee-uh tink-TOR-ee-ah Description
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