Index / Search / Baptisia australis
§1 Plant
Baptisia australis (L.) R. Br.
vernacular blue wild indigo — species · Fabaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Fabaceae Lindl.
- Genus
- Baptisia
§2a
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Introduced
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 185 counties across 19 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 185 counties across 19 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 8 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Indiana view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Iowa view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 68 N ▾
- Allen 20001
- Anderson 20003
- Atchison 20005
- Barber 20007
- Barton 20009
- Bourbon 20011
- Brown 20013
- Butler 20015
- Chase 20017
- Chautauqua 20019
- Cherokee 20021
- Clark 20025
- Clay 20027
- Cloud 20029
- Coffey 20031
- Comanche 20033
- Cowley 20035
- Crawford 20037
- Dickinson 20041
- Doniphan 20043
- Douglas 20045
- Edwards 20047
- Elk 20049
- Ellsworth 20053
- Franklin 20059
- Geary 20061
- Grant 20067
- Greenwood 20073
- Harper 20077
- Harvey 20079
- Jackson 20085
- Jefferson 20087
- Johnson 20091
- Kingman 20095
- Kiowa 20097
- Labette 20099
- Leavenworth 20103
- Lincoln 20105
- Linn 20107
- Lyon 20111
- Marion 20115
- Marshall 20117
- McPherson 20113
- Miami 20121
- Mitchell 20123
- Montgomery 20125
- Morris 20127
- Nemaha 20131
- Neosho 20133
- Osage 20139
- Ottawa 20143
- Pawnee 20145
- Pottawatomie 20149
- Pratt 20151
- Reno 20155
- Rice 20159
- Riley 20161
- Russell 20167
- Saline 20169
- Sedgwick 20173
- Shawnee 20177
- Stafford 20185
- Sumner 20191
- Wabaunsee 20197
- Washington 20201
- Wilson 20205
- Woodson 20207
- Wyandotte 20209
Kentucky view state ↗ 25 N ▾
- Caldwell 21033
- Christian 21047
- Crittenden 21055
- Floyd 21071
- Franklin 21073
- Gallatin 21077
- Garrard 21079
- Hardin 21093
- Harrison 21097
- Hopkins 21107
- Jefferson 21111
- Laurel 21125
- Logan 21141
- Lyon 21143
- McCreary 21147
- Mercer 21167
- Ohio 21183
- Pendleton 21191
- Perry 21193
- Pulaski 21199
- Rockcastle 21203
- Scott 21209
- Shelby 21211
- Todd 21219
- Wayne 21231
Maryland view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 3 N ▾
New Hampshire view state ↗ 1 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 9 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 11 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Vermont view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 15 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/BAAU ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2976091 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
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