Gopherweed
Baptisia lanceolata
Gopherweed is a bushy Southeastern wild indigo with bright yellow pea flowers over blue-green trifoliate leaves, a nitrogen-fixing, deer-resistant native for dry sandy soils and a host for sulphur butterflies.
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Type
- wildflower
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 1–3 ft
- Spacing
- 1–3 ft apart
- Light
- sun
- Soil moisture
- dry
- Soil pH
- acidic
- Bloom
- April, May
- Bloom colors
- yellow
- Wildlife value
- pollinators, butterflies, larval host
- Caterpillar hosts
- ~15 butterfly & moth species
- Landscape uses
- border
- Native states
- AL, FL, GA, SC
Related native plants
More Baptisia species
- White Wild Indigo (Baptisia alba)
- Blue False Indigo (Baptisia australis)
- Cream Wild Indigo (Baptisia bracteata)
- Yellow Wild Indigo (Baptisia tinctoria)
- Yellow Wild Indigo (Baptisia sphaerocarpa)