Baptisia australis
(blue false indigo)
(blue false indigo)
Category: Herbaceous Plants
Photo Credits: Steven N. Rodie
Height: 36 – 48 inches
Spread: 48 inches
Location: Bottom, Sides, Top of Berm
Native Status: NE
Comments & Cautions:
effective in naturalized settings; extremely deep fleshy taproot makes relocation difficult; slow to establish
Recommended For:
Bioretention and Rain Gardens
This plant prefers that the level of moisture in your soil be: Medium or Dry
This plant prefers Loam or Clay soil.
This plant DOES have a salt tolerance.
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Plant Form
woody base; bushy and upright to rounded
Foliage
compound leaves, blue-green to green changing to silver-dark gray in late fall and persisting through winter; medium texture
Flowers
indigo blue, pea-like on terminal spikes, May-June; followed by showy persistent gray-black seed pods