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Baptisia tinctoria
horseflyweed, yellow wild indigo
Indiana Dunes National Park
			Record Status: Approved
Occurrence:	Present
Nativeness:	Native
Abundance:	Rare

Scientific Name with Authority:		Baptisia tinctoria (L.) Vent.
Park Preferred Common Name(s):
Park Synonyms:

Taxonomic Hierarchy:		Kingdom Plantae, Phylum Tracheophyta, Subphylum Spermatophytina, Order Fabales, Family Fabaceae, Genus Baptisia, Species Baptisia tinctoria


Park Tags:
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Threatened/Endangered Status:
State Species of Concern Status:		IN: WL
Ozone-sensitive Status:
NatureServe Global Rank:		G5
NatureServe State Rank:		IN: S3
Evidence:		0 Observations, 0 Vouchers, 2 Data Store References, 0 External Links


Other Parks Where Species is Listed:
Appalachian National Scenic Trail	Appomattox Court House National Historical Park
Assateague Island National Seashore	Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area
Blue Ridge Parkway	Cape Cod National Seashore
Catoctin Mountain Park	Colonial National Historical Park
Congaree National Park	Cuyahoga Valley National Park
Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area	Fire Island National Seashore
Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania County Battlefields Memorial National Military Park	Gateway National Recreation Area
Gauley River National Recreation Area	Gettysburg National Military Park
Great Falls Park	Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park	Kings Mountain National Military Park
Manassas National Battlefield Park	Minute Man National Historical Park
Moores Creek National Battlefield	Natchez Trace Parkway
New River Gorge National Park and Preserve	Obed Wild and Scenic River
Piscataway Park	Prince William Forest Park
Richmond National Battlefield Park	Shenandoah National Park
Thomas Stone National Historic Site	Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River
Valley Forge National Historical Park


Last Modified Date:	7/22/2005

NPSpecies - The National Park Service biodiversity database. IRMA Portal version.https://irma.nps.gov/npspecies. Accessed 10/9/2025 11:17:49 AM

NatureServe Global Rank and State Rank

NatureServe. 2017. NatureServe Web Service. Arlington, VA. U.S.A. Available http://services.natureserve.org. Accessed: 12/4/2017. Updated quarterly.

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