baptisia
noun
bap·ti·sia
bap-ˈti-zh(ē-)ə 
: any of a genus (Baptisia) of North American plants of the legume family having showy papilionaceous flowers similar in form to those of the pea plant
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Some flowers in my garden have been inherited from the previous owners: astilbes, baptisias, azaleas, and buddleias.
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Yiyun Li, The New Yorker, 23 Oct. 2023
My initial response is to plant more of what works, in this case baptisia and sedum.
—Carol Stocker, BostonGlobe.com, 31 July 2022
On a precociously hot day in May, Avent takes me on a golf cart tour past fields of arums, lycoris, trilliums, crinums, epimediums, colocasias, baptisias and gingers — the botany begins to blur after a few hours under the beating Carolina sun.
—Adrian Higgins, Washington Post, 17 Sep. 2019
Unscathed (for reasons beyond my ken) include baptisia, clematis recta, and of course the sturdy-as-stone conifers.
—Bonnie Blodgett, Twin Cities, 17 June 2017
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Yiyun Li, The New Yorker, 23 Oct. 2023
My initial response is to plant more of what works, in this case baptisia and sedum.
—Carol Stocker, BostonGlobe.com, 31 July 2022
On a precociously hot day in May, Avent takes me on a golf cart tour past fields of arums, lycoris, trilliums, crinums, epimediums, colocasias, baptisias and gingers — the botany begins to blur after a few hours under the beating Carolina sun.
—Adrian Higgins, Washington Post, 17 Sep. 2019
Unscathed (for reasons beyond my ken) include baptisia, clematis recta, and of course the sturdy-as-stone conifers.
—Bonnie Blodgett, Twin Cities, 17 June 2017
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“Baptisia.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/baptisia. Accessed 17 Nov. 2024.
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