| False Indigo |
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Baptisia australis
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| Uses: Medicinal/Poisonous! |
Duration: Perennial (hardy in zones 3-9) |
| When to Sow: Spring/Late Summer/Early Fall |
Ease of Germination: Easy |
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Showy American native with blue-violet flower spikes and majestic, upright growth habit. Used by Amerindians as a purgative, emetic, and anti-inflammatory. Under study as a potential booster of the immune system.
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