Additional notes (click to expand)
Other use
Tannin/dyestuff
Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN) at www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/tax_search.pl
B. tinctoria and other species were used by Cherokee, Kosati and Ojbwas to make a blue dye.
Austin, Daniel, F. (2004) Florida Ethnobotany. CRC Press.
Toxicity
Ingestion of more than 6 seeds or flowers causes toxic effects. Violent emetic.
Wink, Michael & Ben-Erik van Wyk (2008). Mind-Altering and Poisonous Plants of the World. Timber Press
The seeds contain the poison, which has cholinergic effects.
Professor Anthony Dayan, 2022
Geographical distribution
- Northern America, North-Central U.S.A., Iowa
- Northern America, North-Central U.S.A., Kansas
- Northern America, North-Central U.S.A., Missouri
- Northern America, North-Central U.S.A., Nebraska
- Northern America, North-Central U.S.A., Oklahoma
- Northern America, Northeastern U.S.A., Indiana
- Northern America, Northeastern U.S.A., New Jersey
- Northern America, South-Central U.S.A., Texas
- Northern America, Southeastern U.S.A., Arkansas
- Northern America, Southeastern U.S.A., Georgia
- Northern America, Southeastern U.S.A., Kentucky
- Northern America, Southeastern U.S.A., Maryland
- Northern America, Southeastern U.S.A., North Carolina
- Northern America, Southeastern U.S.A., Tennessee
- Northern America, Southeastern U.S.A., Virginia
Baptisia australis R.Br.
Family: FABACEAEGenus: Baptisia
Species: australis R.Br.
Common names: Blue False Indigo
Distribution summary: E. & C. U.S.A
Habit: Perennial
Hardiness: H5 - Hardy; cold winter
Habitat: Woods, thickets, banks
Garden status: Currently grown
Garden location: North America (A)
Flowering months: May, June
Reason for growing: Medicinal, toxic