Baptisia tinctoria Provenance:eco59: Plymouth county - MA with its white-rayed flowers growing

with its white-rayed flowers growing on elongated spikes

Cheerful yellow flowers draw bees and other pollinators

Blue-Eyed Grass was harvested by Native Americans as a food and medicine source

white/pink flowers

Spikes of lavender flowers bloom on tall (five foot) stems from July-September

Baptisia tinctoria Provenance:eco59: Plymouth county - MA with its white-rayed flowers growingBright yellow pea like flowers of this shrubby perennial bloom in late spring to early summer amidst lovely clover like leaves. Blooms give way to near black seed pods, which help maintain visual interest through winter. Because the pods mimic tiny rattles, this plant is sometimes nicknamed rattleweed. Deer resistant.