dense shrub of moist riverbanks and flood plains of the eastern United States having attractive fragrant foliage and dense racemes of dark purple flowers
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false indigo::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | amorpha fruticosa, bastard indigo |
| Type of | amorpha |
false indigo::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | wild indigo |
| Type of | woody plant, ligneous plant |
| Has types | baptisia lactea, rattle weed, blue false indigo, horsefly weed, indigo broom, baptisia tinctoria, white false indigo, baptisia australis |
false indigo::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | amorpha californica, bastard indigo |
| Type of | amorpha |
Examples of false indigo
false indigo
Wild indigo, also commonly called blue false indigo, fulfills all these criteria.
From the charlotteobserver.com
That's where the plant preferred by the butterfly's larvae, false indigo, grows in abundance.
From the ocregister.com
Low-maintenance blue false indigo grows 3 to 4 feet tall and wide in full sun to partial shade.
From the stltoday.com
Blue false indigo puts down deep roots and is drought resistant.
From the dailyherald.com
Blue false indigo or baptisia australis blooms in May and June with striking indigo blue, pea-like flowers.
From the dailyherald.com
Other plants that might work are baptisia australis or blue false indigo and white wild indigo, which is baptisia leucantha.
From the dailyherald.com
For a rake that early inhabitants of South Dakota made with willow saplings, Powell substituted false indigo, which looks like willow and bends nicely.
From the kansas.com
It was purchased by the state in 1985 and is home to 14 rare or endangered plant species including spider milkweed, prairie false indigo and pink milkwort.
From the post-gazette.com
The name blue false indigo came about because early Americans used the plant as dye, though an inferior one to the true indigo plant of the West Indies, the association says.
From the charlotteobserver.com
