Baptisia australis Carnivorous plants Hydrosme rivieri) This unusual

Hydrosme rivieri) This unusual

but 3' tall is more typical

topped with the extremely dark green palm-like leaf

followed in late spring with bronze flower spikes that rise to 2' in height

Baptisia australis Carnivorous plants Hydrosme rivieri) This unusualBaptisia australis is an easy to grow, drought tolerant, deer resistant North American native that is always a perennial favorite (pardon the pun) for the border or the wild garden. A clump is composed of upright stems clothed with peanut like, trifoliate (three lobed), blue green, waxy foliage on a clump that can easily cover an area 4' wide. In early spring before the clump bulks up, the awesome blue lupine like flower racemes are held atop the