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Baptisia alba

 

     White Wild Indigo

Fabaceae

 

 

 

 

 

Fruits.

  Fruit Type:  Legume

  Fruiting Period:  Sep

  Flowering Period:  May - Aug

      

 

 
Seeds.

  Color:  Golden brown

  Size:  3 x 4 mm

  Shape:  Kidney

  Surface Features:  Granular 

  Scarification:  Required

  Stratification:  10 days

 

 

Seedlings.

  Cotyledons:  Oval with entire margins

  Leaf arrangement:  Alternate

  Leaves (early):  Simple, balloon-shaped, entire margin, no hairs

  Leaves (later):  Compound, trifoliate, entire margin, no hairs

  Other:  Leathery and waxy leaves; leaf-like stipules with veins