Baptisia perfoliata

Baptisia perfoliata

Found in longleaf pine sandhills. Weakley, Flora of the Southeastern United States (2025), South Central edition What its natural habitat tells you

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Not native

Not native to Alabama. How scores work Is it native here?

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At a glance

Not yet recorded · Height · Spread · Light · Soil · Life cycle · Leaves · Bloom

This plant is missing most of its facts, so Quercus is looking them up in old botany books.

Recorded in 1 Alabama county.

Natural habitats

Places it grows wild. Not a planting requirement. Each habitat page lists the plants and wildlife also found there.

Sandhills

Dry, deep-sand ridges with longleaf pine and turkey oak, kept open by fire.

All habitats

Ecological relationships

Who uses this plant?

What these records mean

23CaterpillarsGenus host records with ranges including AL

Genus host records with ranges including AL · Baptisia

Antheraea polyphemusPolyphemus Moth
Automeris ioIo Moth
Cabera quadrifasciariaFour-Lined Cabera
Callophrys irusThe Hoary Elfin, Bog Elfin?, Frosted Elfin
Catocala consorsThe Consort
Cecropterus lyciadesHoary Edge
Colias eurythemeOrange Sulphur, Alfalfa Butterfly
Colias philodiceClouded Sulphur, Clover Butterfly
Cupido comyntasEastern Tailed-Blue
Dasylophia anguinaBlack-Spotted Prominent

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Gesta baptisiaeWild Indigo Duskywing, Baptisia Duskywing
Gesta zaruccoZarucco Duskywing
Grapholita tristriganaThree-Lined Grapholita
Hypena scabraGreen Cloverworm Bomolocha, Black Snout
Palthis asopialisFaint-Spotted Palthis
Papaipema baptisiaeWild Indigo Borer, Indigo Stem Borer
Papaipema cataphractaBurdock Border, Potato-Stalk Borer
Platynota flavedanaBlack-Shaded Platynota
Schinia jaguarinaJaguar Flower Moth
Uresiphita reversalisGenista Caterpillar, Genista Cbroom Moth
Anacampsis lupinella
Pococera baptisiella
Sitochroa dasconalis

Shropshire & Tallamy 2025, Lepidoptera of North America north of Mexico, ZooKeys 1261 (ODbL)

—BeesSoutheastern regional records

1Specialist beesPollen specialists

Pollen specialists · Baptisia

Megachile melanophaea

Smith, Bachelder, Russell, Morales, Mosher & Seltmann 2024, Bee-Specialization-Modeling v0.6.1 (specialist host table compiled from J. Fowler's pollen specialist bee lists), Zenodo, CC BY 4.0

1BirdsRecorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claim

Recorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claim · Baptisia

Meleagris gallopavoWild Turkey

Hurlbert, Olsen, Sawyer & Winner 2021, Avian Diet Database, Scientific Data 8: 260 (CC0)

Direct food only: birds recorded eating this genus across North America. Caterpillars on host plants also feed nesting birds. NC Native Plant Society: butterfly gardening

Growing and identification

Plant details

Family: FABACEAE

Safety has not been reviewed for this plant; check toxicity and thorns before planting.

Conservation status

Alabama rank	Not available
Global rank	Not available
AL status	Not verified
Federal status	Not verified

Conservation source

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