Scareweed

This plant is a legume and its roots have nitrogen-fixing nodules on them. It is useful on nutrient poor soils.

Baptisia simplicifolia is a Florida endemic and is listed as Threatened by the FDACS.



Treat as a small shrub even though this is not woody or use as a background plant in a wildflower garden.

Not salt tolerant of inundation by salty or brackish water.



Low/no tolerance of salty wind or direct salt spray

Toxic to livestock and humans.

Deer and rabbits browse the foliage, and as a legume it provides nutritious, protein-rich food.

Flatwoods, sandhills and other upland open pinelands

• Showy flowers
• Larval host for wild indigo duskywing (Erynnis baptisiae) and Zarucco duskywing (Erynnis zarucco) butterflies.
• Pollinated by bumble bees.