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Cream Wild Indigo

Baptisia bracteata

Low, wide wild indigo with arching sprays of creamy-yellow pea flowers held nearly horizontal in spring. Long-lived and deeply drought-rooted.

Family

Fabaceae

Type

wildflower

Lifespan

perennial

Height

2–2.5 ft

Spacing

2–2.5 ft apart

Light

sun, part shade

Soil moisture

dry

Soil pH

neutral, alkaline

Bloom

May, June

Bloom colors

white, yellow

Wildlife value

pollinators, butterflies, larval host

Caterpillar hosts

~15 butterfly & moth species

Landscape uses

border

Native states

AL, AR, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MI, MO, MS, NC, NE, NJ, OK, SC, SD, TN, TX, WI