Index / Search / Baptisia bracteata
§1 Plant
Baptisia bracteata Muhl. ex Elliott
vernacular longbract wild indigo — species · Fabaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Fabaceae Lindl.
- Genus
- Baptisia
§2a
Native status, by region
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 543 counties across 20 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 543 counties across 20 states/territories.
Arkansas view state ↗ 53 N ▾
- Arkansas 05001
- Ashley 05003
- Baxter 05005
- Benton 05007
- Boone 05009
- Bradley 05011
- Calhoun 05013
- Carroll 05015
- Clark 05019
- Cleburne 05023
- Cleveland 05025
- Columbia 05027
- Conway 05029
- Crawford 05033
- Dallas 05039
- Drew 05043
- Faulkner 05045
- Franklin 05047
- Fulton 05049
- Garland 05051
- Grant 05053
- Hempstead 05057
- Hot Spring 05059
- Howard 05061
- Izard 05065
- Jefferson 05069
- Johnson 05071
- Lawrence 05075
- Lincoln 05079
- Logan 05083
- Lonoke 05085
- Madison 05087
- Marion 05089
- Montgomery 05097
- Nevada 05099
- Newton 05101
- Perry 05105
- Pike 05109
- Polk 05113
- Pope 05115
- Prairie 05117
- Pulaski 05119
- Randolph 05121
- Saline 05125
- Scott 05127
- Sebastian 05131
- Sevier 05133
- Sharp 05135
- St. Francis 05123
- Stone 05137
- Union 05139
- Washington 05143
- Yell 05149
Georgia view state ↗ 18 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 58 N ▾
- Adams 17001
- Boone 17007
- Cass 17017
- Champaign 17019
- Clark 17023
- Clay 17025
- Clinton 17027
- Coles 17029
- Cook 17031
- Cumberland 17035
- DeKalb 17037
- DuPage 17043
- Edgar 17045
- Effingham 17049
- Fayette 17051
- Ford 17053
- Franklin 17055
- Grundy 17063
- Hancock 17067
- Hardin 17069
- Henderson 17071
- Iroquois 17075
- Jackson 17077
- Jefferson 17081
- Kane 17089
- Kankakee 17091
- Kendall 17093
- Lake 17097
- LaSalle 17099
- Lee 17103
- Livingston 17105
- Macon 17115
- Macoupin 17117
- Marion 17121
- Mason 17125
- McDonough 17109
- McHenry 17111
- Menard 17129
- Montgomery 17135
- Ogle 17141
- Peoria 17143
- Perry 17145
- Pope 17151
- Randolph 17157
- Richland 17159
- Rock Island 17161
- Saline 17165
- Scott 17171
- Shelby 17173
- St. Clair 17163
- Stephenson 17177
- Tazewell 17179
- Warren 17187
- Whiteside 17195
- Will 17197
- Williamson 17199
- Winnebago 17201
- Woodford 17203
Indiana view state ↗ 10 N ▾
Iowa view state ↗ 17 N ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 57 N ▾
- Allen 20001
- Anderson 20003
- Atchison 20005
- Barton 20009
- Bourbon 20011
- Brown 20013
- Butler 20015
- Chase 20017
- Chautauqua 20019
- Cherokee 20021
- Clay 20027
- Cloud 20029
- Coffey 20031
- Cowley 20035
- Crawford 20037
- Dickinson 20041
- Doniphan 20043
- Douglas 20045
- Elk 20049
- Franklin 20059
- Geary 20061
- Grant 20067
- Greenwood 20073
- Harper 20077
- Harvey 20079
- Jackson 20085
- Jefferson 20087
- Johnson 20091
- Kingman 20095
- Labette 20099
- Leavenworth 20103
- Linn 20107
- Lyon 20111
- Marion 20115
- Marshall 20117
- McPherson 20113
- Miami 20121
- Montgomery 20125
- Morris 20127
- Nemaha 20131
- Neosho 20133
- Osage 20139
- Ottawa 20143
- Pawnee 20145
- Pottawatomie 20149
- Reno 20155
- Riley 20161
- Saline 20169
- Sedgwick 20173
- Shawnee 20177
- Stafford 20185
- Sumner 20191
- Wabaunsee 20197
- Washington 20201
- Wilson 20205
- Woodson 20207
- Wyandotte 20209
Kentucky view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Louisiana view state ↗ 36 N ▾
- Acadia 22001
- Allen 22003
- Avoyelles 22009
- Beauregard 22011
- Bienville 22013
- Bossier 22015
- Caddo 22017
- Calcasieu 22019
- Caldwell 22021
- Cameron 22023
- Claiborne 22027
- De Soto 22031
- East Feliciana 22037
- Evangeline 22039
- Grant 22043
- Jackson 22049
- Jefferson Davis 22053
- Lafayette 22055
- LaSalle 22059
- Lincoln 22061
- Morehouse 22067
- Natchitoches 22069
- Ouachita 22073
- Rapides 22079
- Red River 22081
- Sabine 22085
- St. Helena 22091
- St. Landry 22097
- St. Tammany 22103
- Tangipahoa 22105
- Union 22111
- Vermilion 22113
- Vernon 22115
- Washington 22117
- Webster 22119
- Winn 22127
Massachusetts view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Minnesota view state ↗ 9 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 90 N ▾
- Adair 29001
- Audrain 29007
- Barry 29009
- Barton 29011
- Bates 29013
- Benton 29015
- Bollinger 29017
- Boone 29019
- Callaway 29027
- Camden 29029
- Carroll 29033
- Carter 29035
- Cedar 29039
- Chariton 29041
- Christian 29043
- Clay 29047
- Clinton 29049
- Cole 29051
- Crawford 29055
- Dade 29057
- Dallas 29059
- Daviess 29061
- DeKalb 29063
- Dent 29065
- Douglas 29067
- Franklin 29071
- Gasconade 29073
- Gentry 29075
- Greene 29077
- Grundy 29079
- Henry 29083
- Hickory 29085
- Howard 29089
- Howell 29091
- Iron 29093
- Jackson 29095
- Jasper 29097
- Jefferson 29099
- Johnson 29101
- Knox 29103
- Laclede 29105
- Lawrence 29109
- Lewis 29111
- Lincoln 29113
- Linn 29115
- Livingston 29117
- Macon 29121
- Madison 29123
- Maries 29125
- Marion 29127
- Mercer 29129
- Miller 29131
- Moniteau 29135
- Monroe 29137
- Montgomery 29139
- Morgan 29141
- Newton 29145
- Nodaway 29147
- Oregon 29149
- Ozark 29153
- Perry 29157
- Pettis 29159
- Phelps 29161
- Pike 29163
- Polk 29167
- Pulaski 29169
- Putnam 29171
- Ralls 29173
- Randolph 29175
- Reynolds 29179
- Ripley 29181
- Saline 29195
- Scott 29201
- Shannon 29203
- Shelby 29205
- St. Charles 29183
- St. Clair 29185
- St. Francois 29187
- St. Louis 29189
- Ste. Genevieve 29186
- Stone 29209
- Sullivan 29211
- Taney 29213
- Texas 29215
- Vernon 29217
- Warren 29219
- Washington 29221
- Wayne 29223
- Webster 29225
- Wright 29229
Nebraska view state ↗ 15 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Oklahoma view state ↗ 51 N ▾
- Adair 40001
- Atoka 40005
- Beckham 40009
- Blaine 40011
- Bryan 40013
- Caddo 40015
- Canadian 40017
- Carter 40019
- Cherokee 40021
- Cleveland 40027
- Coal 40029
- Comanche 40031
- Craig 40035
- Creek 40037
- Custer 40039
- Delaware 40041
- Garfield 40047
- Grady 40051
- Grant 40053
- Greer 40055
- Hughes 40063
- Johnston 40069
- Kingfisher 40073
- Latimer 40077
- Le Flore 40079
- Lincoln 40081
- Logan 40083
- Marshall 40095
- Mayes 40097
- McClain 40087
- McCurtain 40089
- Murray 40099
- Muskogee 40101
- Noble 40103
- Oklahoma 40109
- Osage 40113
- Ottawa 40115
- Pawnee 40117
- Payne 40119
- Pittsburg 40121
- Pontotoc 40123
- Pottawatomie 40125
- Pushmataha 40127
- Rogers 40131
- Seminole 40133
- Sequoyah 40135
- Stephens 40137
- Tulsa 40143
- Wagoner 40145
- Washington 40147
- Woodward 40153
South Carolina view state ↗ 15 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Texas view state ↗ 67 N ▾
- Angelina 48005
- Aransas 48007
- Austin 48015
- Bastrop 48021
- Bee 48025
- Brazoria 48039
- Brazos 48041
- Burleson 48051
- Caldwell 48055
- Cameron 48061
- Chambers 48071
- Childress 48075
- Colorado 48089
- Denton 48121
- DeWitt 48123
- Fannin 48147
- Fayette 48149
- Fort Bend 48157
- Freestone 48161
- Galveston 48167
- Goliad 48175
- Gonzales 48177
- Grayson 48181
- Grimes 48185
- Guadalupe 48187
- Hardin 48199
- Harris 48201
- Houston 48225
- Jackson 48239
- Jasper 48241
- Jefferson 48245
- Karnes 48255
- Kenedy 48261
- Kerr 48265
- Kleberg 48273
- Lamar 48277
- Lampasas 48281
- Lavaca 48285
- Lee 48287
- Liberty 48291
- Limestone 48293
- Milam 48331
- Montgomery 48339
- Navarro 48349
- Newton 48351
- Nueces 48355
- Orange 48361
- Polk 48373
- Refugio 48391
- Robertson 48395
- Sabine 48403
- San Augustine 48405
- San Jacinto 48407
- San Patricio 48409
- Smith 48423
- Travis 48453
- Tyler 48457
- Van Zandt 48467
- Victoria 48469
- Walker 48471
- Waller 48473
- Washington 48477
- Wharton 48481
- Willacy 48489
- Williamson 48491
- Wilson 48493
- Wood 48499
Wisconsin view state ↗ 33 N ▾
- Adams 55001
- Buffalo 55011
- Columbia 55021
- Crawford 55023
- Dane 55025
- Dunn 55033
- Eau Claire 55035
- Grant 55043
- Green 55045
- Green Lake 55047
- Iowa 55049
- Jackson 55053
- La Crosse 55063
- Lafayette 55065
- Marquette 55077
- Milwaukee 55079
- Monroe 55081
- Pepin 55091
- Pierce 55093
- Polk 55095
- Portage 55097
- Racine 55101
- Richland 55103
- Rock 55105
- Sauk 55111
- St. Croix 55109
- Trempealeau 55121
- Vernon 55123
- Waukesha 55133
- Waupaca 55135
- Waushara 55137
- Winnebago 55139
- Wood 55141
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/BABR2 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2976054 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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