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blue false indigo

American  

noun

  1. a North American plant, Baptisia australis, of the legume family, having wedge-shaped leaflets and blue, clustered flowers.

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Lawns are swaths of empty space where blue false indigo and wild columbine and white penstemon might otherwise grow and provide pollen to the creatures that carry it around and make other things grow.

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