White Wild Indigo

Description:

This 2-4 ft., mound-shaped perennial holds its white, pea-like flowers in erect clusters. Velvety, trifoliate leaves turn from bluish-gray to black in the fall. A bushy perennial with smooth leaves and white or cream-colored pea flowers in stiffly erect clusters; stem covered with whitish bloom. Clusters of large, black seedpods often remain attached to the naked winter stems.

Habitat:

White wild indigo is native to the southeastern United States from Virginia to central Florida. It occurs in dry, sandy habitats, especially longleaf pine sandhills, and also in open disturbed lands and old fields. This one was photographed at the Aiken Gopher Tortoise Heritage Preserve near Windsor (Aiken County), SC