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B. lecontei requires open areas and strong, consistent winds for seed dispersal.It is found in sandhill communities.<ref name="Mehlman 1993"/>
 
B. lecontei requires open areas and strong, consistent winds for seed dispersal.It is found in sandhill communities.<ref name="Mehlman 1993"/>
 
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This species has been observed flowering from April through July, and fruiting from June through August (FSU Herbarium).
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===Seed dispersal===
 
===Seed dispersal===
 
Baptisia lecontei uses tumbleweed dispersal, a type of long-distance dispersal mechanism by which means the whole or a part of the plant serves to disperse seeds by being blown into the wind.<ref>Pijl 1972 cited by Mehlman 1993, more citation needed.</ref> Mehlman observe that B. lecontei could be found over 50 meters away from where it originated, evidently by wind dispersal <ref name="Mehlman 1993">Mehlman, D. (1993). "Tumbleweed dispersal in Florida sandhill Baptisia (Fabaceae)." Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 120: 60-63.</ref>
 
Baptisia lecontei uses tumbleweed dispersal, a type of long-distance dispersal mechanism by which means the whole or a part of the plant serves to disperse seeds by being blown into the wind.<ref>Pijl 1972 cited by Mehlman 1993, more citation needed.</ref> Mehlman observe that B. lecontei could be found over 50 meters away from where it originated, evidently by wind dispersal <ref name="Mehlman 1993">Mehlman, D. (1993). "Tumbleweed dispersal in Florida sandhill Baptisia (Fabaceae)." Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 120: 60-63.</ref>

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Baptisia lecontei
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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
Class: Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae ⁄ Leguminosae
Genus: Baptisia
Species: B. lecontei
Binomial name
Baptisia lecontei
Torr. & A. Gray
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Natural range of Baptisia lecontei from USDA NRCS Plants Database.

Description

Common Name: pineland wild indigo

Distribution

Ecology

Habitat

B. lecontei requires open areas and strong, consistent winds for seed dispersal.It is found in sandhill communities.[1]

Phenology

This species has been observed flowering from April through July, and fruiting from June through August (FSU Herbarium).

Seed dispersal

Baptisia lecontei uses tumbleweed dispersal, a type of long-distance dispersal mechanism by which means the whole or a part of the plant serves to disperse seeds by being blown into the wind.[2] Mehlman observe that B. lecontei could be found over 50 meters away from where it originated, evidently by wind dispersal [1]

Seed bank and germination

Fire ecology

Pollination

Use by animals

Diseases and parasites

Conservation and Management

Cultivation and restoration

Photo Gallery

References and notes

Florida State University Robert K. Godfrey Herbarium database. URL: http://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu. Last accessed: June 2014.

Collectors: Loran C. Anderson, R.K. Godfrey, Richard D. Houk, John K. Small, George R. Cooley, Leonard J. Brass, Robert Kral, Mabel Kral, Walter S. Judd, Paul Kalaz, Steve L. Orzell, Edwin L. Bridges, S. W. Leonard, Allen G. Shuey, A. H. Curtiss, Grady W. Reinert, W. Wilson Baker, Richard D. Houk, and A. F. Clewell.

States and Counties: Florida: Wakulla, Suwannee, Clay, Columbia, Bay, Gilchrist, Leon, Hernando, Marion, Franklin, Lake, De Soto, Duval, and Dixie. Georgia: Brantley, Brooks, Lowndes, and Lanier.

  1. 1.0 1.1 Mehlman, D. (1993). "Tumbleweed dispersal in Florida sandhill Baptisia (Fabaceae)." Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 120: 60-63.
  2. Pijl 1972 cited by Mehlman 1993, more citation needed.