Yellow Wild Indigo
Baptisia tinctoria
Also known as: Horseflyweed
Most compact Baptisia — bushy 2-ft mound of small clover-like leaves with bright yellow pea-flowers across the top. Excellent for dry sandy soils. Foliage turns silvery-black with frost.
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Type
- wildflower
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 2–3 ft
- Spacing
- 2–3 ft apart
- Light
- sun
- Soil moisture
- dry, moist
- Soil pH
- acidic, neutral
- Bloom
- May, June, July, August, September
- Bloom colors
- yellow
- Wildlife value
- pollinators, butterflies, larval host
- Caterpillar hosts
- ~15 butterfly & moth species
- Landscape uses
- border, naturalizing
- Native states
- CT, DC, DE, GA, IA, IL, IN, KY, MA, MD, ME, MI, NC, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI, SC, TN, VA, VT, WI, WV
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 sphaerocarpa)
- Gopherweed (Baptisia lanceolata)