A quick grower in spring, White Wild Indigo pushes up into an erect, lightly-branched, smooth-stemmed herbaceous bush. Its pea-like blossoms form on long spikes and are quite showy but without floral scent. This plant is popular with insects. Bumblebees pollinate the flowers and caterpillars of several skippers, butterflies and moths feed on the foliage. Adult Wild Indigo Weevils eat the leaves and flowers of this and other Baptisia species; their grubs attack the seeds in the pods. New sprouts of White Wild Indigo can be mistaken for asparagus when they push from the ground in spring (see corresponding photos).

Other Scientific Names in use: Baptisia leucantha
Other Common Names in use: White False Indigo

Genus Baptisia is a legume. Prairie Moon provides species-specific inoculum with legume seed free of charge. Inoculum will keep refrigerated for approximately 1 year.

Seeds / Packet: 75
Seeds / Ounce: 1,700

Dormant bare root plants ship each year during optimal transplanting seasons: Spring (April - May) and Fall (October).

Potted plants come in a tray of 38 plants and ship late May through late July.  If you prefer to mix and match up to 4 species in a tray (at no additional charge), click here for the 'Mix and Match' tray option.