(Carolina Moonlight False Indigo, Hybrid False Indigo)

Beautifully clumping with upright stems clothed in bluish green leaves, Carolina Moonlight false indigo has pretty spikes of light yellow flowers in mid-spring to early summer. A hybrid herbaceous perennial, it resulted from the cross of Baptisia alba with B. sphaerocarpa. It is slow growing with a deep taproot.

The blue-green to light green leaves have three oval leaflets. Depending on severity of the winter, the emergent stems and leaves will produce an upright flower spike...

(Hybrid False Indigo)

Beautifully clumping with upright stems clothed in bluish green leaves, Chocolate Chip false indigo has pretty spikes of brown-burgundy flowers in mid-spring to early summer. A hybrid herbaceous perennial, it resulted from the cross of Baptisia alba with B. sphaerocarpa. It is slow growing with a deep taproot.

The blue-green to light green leaves have three oval leaflets. Depending on severity of the winter, the emergent stems and leaves will produce an upright flower spike...

(White False Indigo)

Beautifully clumping with upright purple-gray stems clothed in bluish green leaves, white false indigo has pretty spikes of white, lupine-like flowers in mid-spring to early summer. An herbaceous perennial from the dry woods in the southeastern United States, it is slow growing with a deep taproot.

The blue-green to light green leaves have three oval leaflets. Depending on severity of the winter, the emergent stems and leaves will produce an upright flower spike as early as mid-spring, or later...

(Cobwebby Wild Indigo, Hairy Rattleweed)

Gray-green leaves that look like those of a species of Eucalyptus is one reason cobwebby wild indigo is delightful; the others are its yellow flowers and dark seeds. An herbaceous perennial endemic (native only) to Georgia in the southeastern United States, it is a locally (state) and federally endangered wildflower species.

The light green, oval to heart-shaped leaves are covered in silvery gray, making it resemble the florist filler sprigs of an eucalpyt. In early summer, it produces...

(Blue False Indigo, Plains False Indigo)

When looking upon a mature false indigo in bloom it looks much like a small shrub, but it’s truly an herbaceous perennial, meaning it dies back to the ground each year. Native populations of false indigo exist across a large part of eastern North America, in all but a few of the most southern states. They tend to grow in old-fields, prairies and other open wild areas. Some Native American tribes used Baptisia roots for medicine and the flowers or flowering stems for the dye they yield. Despite...

(Dwarf Blue False Indigo)

This is a shorter variety of the large, bushy perennial, false indigo, so it's better suited to smaller garden spaces. Native populations of false indigo exist across a large part of eastern North America, in all but a few of the most southern states. They tend to grow in old-fields, prairies and other open wild areas. Some Native American tribes used Baptisia roots for medicine and the flowers or flowering stems for the dye they yield. Despite the common name, false indigo dye is not blue...

(Bracted Wild Indigo, Creamy Wild Indigo)

Beautifully clumping with stems clothed in green leaves, creamy wild indigo has horizontal to weeping spikes of pale yellow flowers in early summer. An herbaceous perennial that is slow growing and with an extensive root system, it is native to the dry grasslands and open woodlands of much of the eastern United States. A northern natural variety is a bit taller at maturity; the southern variety shorter and more tolerant of summer heat and humidity.

The medium green leaf has three oval leaflets....

(Bracted Wild Indigo)

Beautifully clumping with stems clothed in green leaves, creamy wild indigo has horizontal to weeping spikes of pale yellow flowers in early summer. An herbaceous perennial that is slow growing and with an extensive root system, it is native to the dry grasslands and open woodlands of much of the eastern United States. A northern natural variety is a bit taller at maturity; the southern variety shorter and more tolerant of summer heat and humidity.

The medium green leaf has three oval leaflets....

(Apalachicola Wild Indigo)

Handsomely clumping with upright to arching stems clothed in trifoliate leaves, Apalachicola wild indigo has pretty spikes of creamy flowers in mid-spring to early summer and plump black seeds thereafter. Fairly slow growing with a deep taproot, this rare and endangered species is native to a small pocket of the coastal plain in Florida, Alabama and Georgia in the southeastern United States.

The medium green leaves have three oval leaflets held across this more open, upright plant. Depending...

(Catbells)

Round green leaves that look like they've been pierced by a skewer, catbells' yellow flowers in spring arise from these disc-like leaves. An herbaceous perennial from the the coastal plain of the extreme southeastern United States, it has an extensive root system that resents disturbance.

The mounding plant has stems that are ornately lined with green to bluish green leaves that are round and encase the stem. In midspring, small yellow flowers that are pea-like arise from the stem among the leaves....