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