wild indigo
noun
: baptisia
especially
: one (Baptisia tinctoria) of eastern North America with bright yellow flowers and small trifoliolate leaves
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The colors and smells of dwarf wild indigo, prairie verbena, golden smoke, firewheel, and purple aster, among other flora, are easy to love.
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Jamie Siebrase, Denver Post, 22 May 2025
Plains wild indigo: flowers are cream colored and pea-like with green leaves that turn gray towards the end of summer.
—David Montesino, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Mar. 2025
The scarce butterfly can be found in grasslands and around host plants such as wild blue lupine and wild indigo.
—Mariyam Muhammad, The Enquirer, 9 July 2024
Advertisement Baisden says perennials such as yarrow (Achillea millefolium), wild indigo (Baptisia tinctoria), rattlesnake master (Eryngium yuccifolium) and fragrant sumac (Rhus aromatica) are survivors even in parching sun.
—Tovah Martin, Washington Post, 12 July 2023
Throughout, there are large groupings of wild indigo, feathery amsonia hubrichtii, gray-green nepeta, pink echinacea, lavender, and amethyst allium millenium, as well as showy foxtail lilies, 4-foot-tall dahlias, verbascum, hollyhocks, and cosmos leading up to the house.
—Jessica Dailey, House Beautiful, 14 Aug. 2020
By planting wild indigo, gray birch, and switchgrass, his goal was to take a chunk of the Catskills and put it on his roof.
—The Editors, Outside Online, 10 Nov. 2020
Leanna Wetmore, manager of neighborhood programs for the city’s Waterfront Partnership, encourages visitors to focus on the beautiful colors and textures of plants, such as the native iris and wild indigo, rather than just expecting showy blooms.
—Washington Post, 10 Mar. 2022
Jennifer Johnson, wild indigo associate at Audubon Great Lakes, shared with Mrvan how Wild Indigo Nature Explorations, a community engagement program, is connecting Gary residents to their local natural spaces.
—Alexandra Kukulka, chicagotribune.com, 19 Aug. 2021
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Jamie Siebrase, Denver Post, 22 May 2025
Plains wild indigo: flowers are cream colored and pea-like with green leaves that turn gray towards the end of summer.
—David Montesino, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Mar. 2025
The scarce butterfly can be found in grasslands and around host plants such as wild blue lupine and wild indigo.
—Mariyam Muhammad, The Enquirer, 9 July 2024
Advertisement Baisden says perennials such as yarrow (Achillea millefolium), wild indigo (Baptisia tinctoria), rattlesnake master (Eryngium yuccifolium) and fragrant sumac (Rhus aromatica) are survivors even in parching sun.
—Tovah Martin, Washington Post, 12 July 2023
Throughout, there are large groupings of wild indigo, feathery amsonia hubrichtii, gray-green nepeta, pink echinacea, lavender, and amethyst allium millenium, as well as showy foxtail lilies, 4-foot-tall dahlias, verbascum, hollyhocks, and cosmos leading up to the house.
—Jessica Dailey, House Beautiful, 14 Aug. 2020
By planting wild indigo, gray birch, and switchgrass, his goal was to take a chunk of the Catskills and put it on his roof.
—The Editors, Outside Online, 10 Nov. 2020
Leanna Wetmore, manager of neighborhood programs for the city’s Waterfront Partnership, encourages visitors to focus on the beautiful colors and textures of plants, such as the native iris and wild indigo, rather than just expecting showy blooms.
—Washington Post, 10 Mar. 2022
Jennifer Johnson, wild indigo associate at Audubon Great Lakes, shared with Mrvan how Wild Indigo Nature Explorations, a community engagement program, is connecting Gary residents to their local natural spaces.
—Alexandra Kukulka, chicagotribune.com, 19 Aug. 2021
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