White Wild Indigo (Baptisia alba)








































     White Wild Indigo is a native, perennial wildflower found in Wisconsin. It grows three to four feet tall. It produces long spikes of pea-shaped flowers that resemble lupine. Each individual flower is about one inch long. It has tall, erect stems with compound leaves. The leaves are bluish-green and divided into three leaflets. Each leaflet is two to four inches long.  It thrives in prairies, open woodlands, and along roadsides. (LS)