False Indigo

Baptisia australis

Family: Fabaceae

Powdery & Softfaintclean

SeasonSpring–Summer

OriginEastern North America

IntensityVery Faint

LifespanPerennial

About This Flower

Powdery & Soft · Spring–Summer bloomer

False indigo produces lovely lupine-like racemes of deep blue-violet flowers in late spring and early summer, forming a long-lived, substantial clump that the Cherokee used to produce blue dye.

Symbolism & Meaning

reflection, wild beauty

In the Victorian language of flowers, false indigo means “Reflection”.

Habitat & Environment

Eastern North America

False Indigo is native to Eastern North America.

Quick Reference

Scientific NameBaptisia australis
FamilyFabaceae
Native ToEastern North America
Bloom SeasonSpring–Summer
LifespanPerennial

Share this flower