Baptisia australis - Blue false indigo

Blue false indigo (Baptisia australis) is a perennial herb with blue flowers, native to North America and grown as an ornamental for garden borders.

Inputs

• Hardiness zone 3¹
• Hardiness zone 4¹
• Hardiness zone 5¹
• Hardiness zone 6¹
• Hardiness zone 7¹
• Hardiness zone 8¹
• Hardiness zone 9¹

Outputs

• Dye¹

Type

• Herb
• Perennial

Functions

• Nitrogen fixer²
• Wildlife habitat¹

Footnotes

1. Baptisia australis | Plants for a Future ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵ ↩⁶ ↩⁷ ↩⁸ ↩⁹

2. Gaia’s Garden - A Guide to Home-Scale Permaculture, 2nd Edition Table 6-3 ↩