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Wild Indigo. Baptisia tinctoria. 



Found in dry sandy soil in uplands and light woods, blossoming 

 in June and July. 



The round stalk, from 2 to 3 feet high, is tough-fibred, and 

 extremely smooth ; color, green. 



The leaf is divided into 3 small wedge-shaped leaflets, tapering at 

 the base ; it has an entire edge, a smooth and very fine surface, of a 

 rich, dark gray -green color. The leaves are alternate, on very short 

 foot-stems. 



The corolla of the small pea-shaped blossom is of a clear yellow 

 color, with a light green calyx. The flowers, on short curved stems, 

 grow along the ends of the branches, in slender, elongated clusters, or 

 spires, — the clusters sometimes branch, and are sometimes leafy. 



Both the flower and leaf in withering turn black. The plant is 

 attractive in its leafage, which is fine in quality and rich in color ; when 

 growing in the open it has a round, compact, bushy top, and a general 

 air of trigness, often unnoted under less favorable conditions. 



