![]() United States Plant Patent PP#23,872 awarded September 3, 2013. It is a densely branched, mounded and compact perennial that grows 2 1/2 to 3 ft. It has black-purple buds that open into purple-brown flowers that are held on erect stems. 'Dutch Chocolate' is the result of a cross made in 2003 between an unnamed selection of Baptisia minor as the seed parent and an unnamed plant of Baptisia sphaerocarpa as the pollen parent. But for its size, it is similar in most ways to its larger cousin Baptisia australis. Flowers give way to attractive, 2.5' long, ebony colored seed pods. Decadence® false indigos were bred for desirable flower colors, a shorter, more compact habit, and to be hardy in Zones 4 to 9. The blue-purple pea-like flowers appear on terminal spikes and resemble those of the lupine. ![]() 'Dutch Chocolate' is in the Decadence® series and was bred in 2003 by Hans Andrew Hansen of Walters Gardens, Inc. The common name of false indigo refers to the use of certain native baptisias by early American colonists as a substitutes, albeit inferior, for true indigo (genus Indigofera) in making dyes. The genus name Baptisia comes from the Greek word bapto meaning "to dye". The pea-like flowers are attractive to butterflies and other insect pollinators. minor)-Attractive and different because of its smooth grayish-white stems and rounded leaflets. The showy terminal flower spikes are followed by inflated seed pods. Blue Wild Indigo (Baptisia australis var. Often found growing in dry, gravelly soils they are deep-rooted plants with good drought and erosion tolerance. lanceolata (Fabaceae)", Am J Bot, 94 (2): 228–236, doi: 10.3732/ajb.94.2.Baptisia is a genus of about 20 species of herbaceous perennials growing mainly in dry woodland and grassland areas of eastern and southern U.S. ^ a b Young AS, Chang SM, Sharitz RR (2007), "Reproductive ecology of a federally endangered legume, Baptisia arachnifera, and its more widespread congener, B.Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and the Missouri Botanical Garden. ^ a b c "The Plant List entry for Baptisia".National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. Germplasm Resources Information Network-(GRIN). ^ USDA ARS National Genetic Resources Program.Cardiff School of Computer Science & Informatics. International Legume Database & Information Service. ^ "ILDIS LegumeWeb entry for Baptisia".United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley in association with the Royal Horticultural Society. Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. ( Baptisia australis × Baptisia sphaerocarpa) The following hybrids have been described: The status of the following species is unresolved: ![]() Species names with uncertain taxonomic status Baptisia tinctoria (L.) Vent.-rattleweed, wild indigo, horseflyweed, indigo-broom, yellow broom.Baptisia sphaerocarpa Nutt.-yellow wild indigo, green wild indigo, round wild indigo.Baptisia nuttalliana Small-Nuttall's wild indigo.Baptisia lanceolata (Walter) Elliott-gopherweed (Georgia, Alabama, Florida, South Carolina).Baptisia cinerea (Raf.) Fernald & B.G.Baptisia calycosa Canby-Florida wild indigo Zone: 4 to 9 Height: 2.50 to 3.00 feet Spread: 1.50 to 2.Baptisia bracteata Elliott-longbract wild indigo, Plains wild indigo.Duncan-cobwebby wild indigo, hairy rattleweed (limited to two counties in southeastern Georgia) Baptisia alba (L.) Vent.-white wild indigo. ![]()
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