Common name
English: Blue wild indigo
German: Indigolupine
Classification
Kingdom: Plantae (2728)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2642)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2226)
Order: Fabales (245)
Family: Fabaceae (245)(family description)
Genus: Baptisia (1)
Epithet: australis (L.) R.Br. (4)
Synonyms: Baptisia caerulea Eaton & Wright, Baptisia confusa G.Don, Sophora australis L.
australis => southern, of the southern hemisphere
caerulea => sky-blue
confusa => easily mistaken for another species, disordered
Characteristics
Climate: temperate
Habit: herb
Flower colour: blue