- Bloom Time: June – July
- Bloom Color: White
- Height: 36 – 48 inches
- Sun: Full to partial
- Soil: Medium to dry
Baptisia alba
Caterpillar food for:
eastern tailed-blue (Cupido comyntas), silver-spotted skipper (Epargyreus clarus), wild indigo duskywing (Erynnis baptisiae), clouded sulphur (Colias philodice), orange sulphur (Colias eurytheme), polyphemus moth (Antheraea polyphemus), io moth (Automeris io)
Butterfly food for:
orange sulphur (Colias eurytheme), clouded sulphur (Colias philodice), eastern tailed-blue (Cupido comyntas)
Attracts these pollinators:
sweat bees (Lasioglossum spp.), blister beetles (Lytta sayi), bumble bees (Bombus spp.)
More information: Minnesota Wildflowers
Photo credit: Alex Abair, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0