Cream Wild Indigo - Baptisia bracteata

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These are in a 2" square pot.

Also called Cream False Indigo and Baptisia leucophaea

Features: This striking legume's elegant cream flowers attract many native bees, including queens in the spring, as well as skippers, moths and grasshoppers. It is smaller, blooms earlier, and is more conservative than the Blue or White Baptisias. It can take a while to settle in and bloom, and does not like competition from taller plants.

The nectar and pollen are sought by queen bumblebees and other native bees. It hosts the larvae of many butterflies and moths, including the Wild Indigo Duskywing, Hoary Edge, Orange Sulfur and Marine Blue.

Light: Full Sun

Soil: Medium to Dry

Height: 1.5 feet, up to 3 feet wide if sprawling

Blooms: May to June

See more information and photos at: Illinois Wildflowers and USDA Plants Database

 Photo credits: Midwest Groundcovers; authenticwisconsin.com