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Blue False Indigo (Baptisia australis) is a wild flower that has been cultivated as a source of a blue-colored dye that is reminiscent of indigo dye.
It looks like a hardy version of sweet pea. This dense bush-like mass was about 3 feet (approx. 1 meter) in height and width, growing in a city alleyway. (The prettiest thing in the alley ).
Taken at Kent/MSU Extension Grand Ideas Garden in Grand Rapids
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Morning stroll in the prairie garden. Pentacon 29m 2.8 with a Fotodiox to Nikon F adaptor. False Indigo, Baptista, with a lovely pollinator visit from a bee.
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Looking Close On Friday-Blossoming Trees
The False Indigo bush or shrub has really grown quite tall and has bloomed. This huge male Carpenter Bee was attracted to the sweet nectar in it's blossoms.
In the pea family, this plant puts out a spike of tiny tightly wrapped purple petalled clusters of flowers with orange stamens, at this time of year. Here seen from the side in this macro image.