Wild Indigo Baptisia tinctoria (Linnaeus) R. Brown    Synonyms: Horsefly Weed, Small Yellow Wild Indigo.
Kingdom Plantae   >   Division Tracheophyta   >   Class Magnoliopsida   >   Order Fabales   >   Family Fabaceae   >   Genus Baptisia   

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Host plant for the butterfly Wild Indigo Duskywing, and a possible host for Frosted Elfin. Host plant for various moth species including Io Moth, Genista Broom Moth, Indigo Stem Borer Moth (Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants).

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Wild Indigo blooming in Allegany, Maryland (7/11/2014). Photo by Jim Stasz. (MBP list)

Wild Indigo in Worcester Co., Maryland (6/20/2014). Photo by Scott Housten. (MBP list)

Wild Indigo in Howard Co., Maryland (7/14/2016). Photo by Jim Wilkinson. (MBP list)

Wild Indigo blooming in Baltimore Co., Maryland (6/1/2014). Photo by Jim Wilkinson. (MBP list)

Wild Indigo in Howard Co., Maryland (9/16/2015). Photo by Jim Wilkinson. (MBP list)

Wild Indigo blooming in Cecil Co., Maryland (6/25/2014). Photo by Jim Stasz. (MBP list)

Wild Indigo in Baltimore Co., Maryland (6/5/2017). Photo by Bill Hubick. (MBP list)

Wild Indigo in Baltimore Co., Maryland (6/5/2017). Photo by Bill Hubick. (MBP list)

Wild Indigo in Allegany Co., Maryland (6/11/2014). Photo by Jim Stasz. (MBP list)

Wild Indigo in Caroline Co., Maryland (5/25/2014). Photo by Jim Stasz. (MBP list)

Wild Indigo blooming in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (6/11/2011). Photo by Bill Harms. (MBP list)

Wild Indigo in seed in Dorchester Co., Maryland (8/31/2016). Photo by Bill Hubick. (MBP list)

Wild Indigo in Howard Co., Maryland (7/19/2017). Collected and processed by Helen Lowe Metzman. Photo by USGS PWRC. (MBP list)

Wild Indigo in Howard Co., Maryland (7/19/2017). Photo by USGS PWRC. (MBP list)

Wild Indigo seed pods in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (8/21/2010). Photo by Bill Harms. (MBP list)

Wild Indigo blooming in Howard Co., Maryland (7/31/1982). Photo by Robert Solem. (MBP list)

Wild Indigo in Frederick Co., Maryland (6/22/2019). Photo by Jim Brighton. (MBP list)


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