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False indigo

noun

Any of several plants of the genus Baptisia. Synonym: wild indigo.

Dense shrub of moist riverbanks and flood plains of the eastern United States having attractive fragrant foliage and dense racemes of dark purple flowers. Synonyms: Amorpha fruticosa, bastard indigo.

An erect to spreading hairy shrub of the Pacific coast of the United States having racemes of red to indigo flowers. Synonyms: Amorpha californica, bastard indigo.

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... A. FRUTICOSA.—False Indigo. Carolina, 1724. This is a fast growing shrub of fully 6 feet high, of loose, upright habit, and with pretty pinnate leaves. The flowers are borne in densely packed spikes, and are of a purplish tint with bright yellow protruding ...

— Hardy Ornamental Flowering Trees and Shrubs • A. D. Webster

Words linked to "False indigo" : woody plant, Baptisia lactea, Baptisia, horsefly weed, white false indigo, Baptisia tinctoria, amorpha, rattle weed, indigo broom, Baptisia australis, Amorpha fruticosa, genus Baptisia, ligneous plant