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greene

Mar 28, 2018 8:22 PM CST

Name: greene
Savannah, GA (Sunset 28) (Zone 8b)
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I found this beautiful plant. The leaves and blooms look like a type of Fabaceae, but I have not figured out what it is. The plant is about 24-30 (?) inches tall; the stems look purple.

It's growing where construction will take place soon and I'd like to rescue it (with permission of course). Thanks. These are the best images I could get using my phone.

Sunset Zone 28, AHS Heat Zone 9, USDA zone 8b~"Leaf of Faith"

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tofitropic

Mar 28, 2018 8:55 PM CST

Name: Tofi
Sumatera, Indonesia

Baptisia sp, ( perhaps B. alba?)

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plantladylin

Mar 28, 2018 9:04 PM CST

Name: Lin Vosbury
Sebastian, Florida (Zone 10a)

It sure does look a lot like White Wild indigo (Baptisia alba)

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HamiltonSquare

Mar 28, 2018 9:05 PM CST

Name: Leslieray Hurlburt
Sacramento California (Zone 9b)

Maybe B. Lactea Wild White Indigo

edit to add that the blue stems on B alba do look like a better match.

Hamilton Square Garden, Historic City Cemetery, Sacramento California.

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plantladylin

Mar 28, 2018 9:14 PM CST

Name: Lin Vosbury
Sebastian, Florida (Zone 10a)

A map on this page: http://easywildflowers.com/qua... shows a native U.S. white Baptisia. They call it White Wild False Indigo and list it as Baptisia alba a/k/a B. leucantha

Our database shows B. leucantha as a synonym for White Wild Indigo (Baptisia alba var. macrophylla) ) is native: http://easywildflowers.com/qua... and states

Confused yet?

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HamiltonSquare

Mar 28, 2018 9:18 PM CST

Name: Leslieray Hurlburt
Sacramento California (Zone 9b)

I was just looking through COL and I think some corrections are in order but i couldn't follow the threads.

Hamilton Square Garden, Historic City Cemetery, Sacramento California.

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plantladylin

Mar 28, 2018 9:30 PM CST

Name: Lin Vosbury
Sebastian, Florida (Zone 10a)

From Catalogue of Life:

Accepted scientific name: Baptisia alba
Accepted scientific name: Baptisia alba var. alba
Accepted scientific name: Baptisia alba var. macrophylla

Accepted scientific name: Baptisia lactea

Baptisia leucantha - synonym for Baptisia alba
Baptisia leucantha var. divaricata - synonym for Baptisia alba
Baptisia leucantha var. pauciflora - synonym for Baptisia alba (L.)Vent.

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HamiltonSquare

Mar 28, 2018 10:26 PM CST

Name: Leslieray Hurlburt
Sacramento California (Zone 9b)

I was looking at our db vs. COL's listings for B. lactea. They don't agree.

Hamilton Square Garden, Historic City Cemetery, Sacramento California.

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plantladylin

Mar 29, 2018 8:58 AM CST

Name: Lin Vosbury
Sebastian, Florida (Zone 10a)

I think I see what you mean. Our database has 3 listings for Baptisia lactea and I wonder if the var. lactea and var. pendula need to be merged into the B. lactea entry?

White Wild Indigo (Baptisia lactea)
White Wild Indigo (Baptisia alba var. macrophylla)
White Wild Indigo (Baptisia lactea var. obovata)

Catalogue of life only shows two accepted names:
Baptisia lactea - Species - accepted name
Baptisia lactea var. obovata (Larisey)Isely - infraspecific taxon - accepted name

The entire Baptisia genus in our database may need looking at; I noticed a few at the CoL that are not currently in our database. @zuzu may be able to help.

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