White Wild Indigo
Baptisia alba
Tall elegant spires of white pea-flowers on dark stems. Nitrogen-fixer; shrub-like clump-forming habit that holds shape all season. Black seedpods rattle in fall — popular dried-arrangement element.
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Type
- wildflower
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 2–4 ft
- Spacing
- 2–2.5 ft apart
- Light
- sun
- Soil moisture
- dry, moist
- Soil pH
- acidic
- Bloom
- April, May, June, July
- Bloom colors
- white
- Wildlife value
- pollinators, butterflies, larval host
- Caterpillar hosts
- ~15 butterfly & moth species
- Landscape uses
- border, naturalizing, rain garden
- Native states
- AL, AR, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MD, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, NE, NY, OH, OK, SC, TN, TX, WI
Related native plants
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- Blue False Indigo (Baptisia australis)
- Cream Wild Indigo (Baptisia bracteata)
- Yellow Wild Indigo (Baptisia tinctoria)
- Yellow Wild Indigo (Baptisia sphaerocarpa)
- Gopherweed (Baptisia lanceolata)