Blue False Indigo

Blue False Indigo

Blue False Indigo Baptisia australis grows to a height of one and a half metres and has spikes of dark blue flowers. This plant grows up every year (perennial) from a thick underground stem. Its leaves are divided into three leaflets with wide rounded tips which blacken as they dry out. It is a plant of moist gravelly soils in woods and prairies. [CH] {MV}