Blue Wild Indigo is a long-lived native prairie wildflower with striking blue-violet flowers in spring that resemble lupine. It develops large, inflated black seed pods that rattle in the wind in fall. The plant is a larval host for several specialist butterflies including the wild indigo duskywing and orange sulfur.
Habitat
Open prairies, woodland edges, and dry upland meadows in eastern US
Diet
Larval host for wild indigo duskywing; bumblebees are primary pollinators
How common
Common
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