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

Examples of baptisia in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Some flowers in my garden have been inherited from the previous owners: astilbes, baptisias, azaleas, and buddleias. —

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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