Baptisia

Baptisia species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species, including the jaguar flower moth, Schinia jaguarina.

Species

Baptisia comprises the following species:

• Baptisia alba (L.) Vent.—white wild indigo
  • var. alba (L.) Vent.
  • var. macrophylla (Larisey) Isely
• Baptisia albescens Small
• Baptisia arachnifera W.H. Duncan—cobwebby wild indigo, hairy rattleweed (limited to two counties in southeastern Georgia)
• Baptisia australis (L.) R. Br.—blue false indigo, blue wild indigo
  • var. australis (L.) R. Br.
  • var. minor (Lehm.) Fernald
• Baptisia bicolor Greenm. & Larisey
• Baptisia bracteata Elliott—longbract wild indigo, Plains wild indigo
  • var. bracteata Elliott
  • var. glabrescens (Larisey) Isely
  • var. laevicaulis (Canby) Isely
  • var. leucophaea (Nutt.) Kartesz & Gandhi
• Baptisia calycosa Canby—Florida wild indigo
  • var. calycosa Canby
  • var. villosa Canby
• Baptisia cinerea (Raf.) Fernald & B.G. Schub.—grayhairy wild indigo
• Baptisia deamii Larisey
• Baptisia fragilis Larisey
• Baptisia fulva Larisey
• Baptisia intercalata Larisey
• Baptisia intermedia Larisey
• Baptisia lanceolata (Walter) Elliott—gopherweed (Georgia, Alabama, Florida, South Carolina)
  • var. lanceolata (Walter) Elliott
  • var. tomentosa (Larisey) Isely
• Baptisia lecontei Torr. & A. Gray—pineland wild indigo
• Baptisia macilenta Small ex Larisey
• Baptisia megacarpa Torr. & A. Gray—Apalachicola wild indigo
• Baptisia microphylla Nutt.
• Baptisia nuttalliana Small—Nuttall's wild indigo
• Baptisia perfoliata (L.) R. Br.—catbells
• Baptisia pinetorum Larisey
• Baptisia serenae M.A. Curtis
• Baptisia simplicifolia Croom—scareweed
• Baptisia sphaerocarpa Nutt.—yellow wild indigo, green wild indigo, round wild indigo
• Baptisia stricta Larisey
• Baptisia sulphurea Engelm.
• Baptisia tinctoria (L.) Vent.—rattleweed, wild indigo, horseflyweed, indigo-broom, yellow broom