Baptisia
Family: Fabaceae
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Paul Rothrock
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Vascular plants of NE US and adjacent Canada
Cal bilabiate, the upper lip entire to 2-lobed, the lower evidently 3-lobed; standard reniform to suborbicular, its sides usually reflexed; wings and keel subequal, straight, oblong; stamens 10, distinct; ovary usually shorter than the style; pods stipitate, papery to woody, globose to cylindric or thick-lenticular, terminating in a curved beak; perennial herbs from thick rhizomes, the stem usually much branched, with conspicuous white, yellow, or violet fls in terminal racemes; lvs digitately 3-foliolate, commonly blackening in drying; x=9. Hybrids frequent. 17, U.S.

Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.

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Species within inventory project: Intermountain Regional Herbarium Network
Baptisia alba
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Baptisia albescens
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Baptisia arachnifera
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Baptisia australis
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Baptisia bicolor
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Baptisia bracteata
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Baptisia calycosa
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Baptisia cinerea
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Baptisia elliptica
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Baptisia fragilis
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Baptisia fulva
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Baptisia hirsuta
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Baptisia intercalata
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Baptisia intermedia
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Baptisia lanceolata
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Baptisia lecontei
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Baptisia macilenta
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Baptisia megacarpa
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Baptisia microphylla
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Baptisia minor
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Baptisia nuttalliana
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Baptisia pendula
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Baptisia perfoliata
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Baptisia psammophila
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Baptisia riparia
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Baptisia serenae
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Baptisia simplicifolia
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Baptisia sphaerocarpa
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Baptisia stipulacea
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Baptisia stricta
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Baptisia sulphurea
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Baptisia texana
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Baptisia tinctoria
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Baptisia vespertina
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Baptisia x bicolor
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Baptisia x bushii
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Baptisia x fulva
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Baptisia x intermedia
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Baptisia x microphylla
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Baptisia x pinetorum
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Baptisia x serenae
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Baptisia x stricta
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Baptisia x sulphurea
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Baptisia x variicolor
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Baptisia × deamii
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