False Indigo, Blue #1 (Baptisia australis)

Beautiful native with blue flower spikes in May and June. Attractive seed pods. Average to dry soils. Host to 15 species of Lepidoptera. Medicinal uses. Tolerates: Moderate salt, Rabbits, Drought, Erosion, Clay Soil, Shallow-Rocky Soil. Endangered in OH. Full sun to part shade. 3-6′ Zone 4