General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 4a -34.4 °C (-30 °F) to -31.7 °C (-25 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 9b
Plant Height: 3 to 5 feet
Plant Spread: 2 to 3 feet
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Yellow
Flower Time: Late spring or early summer
Summer
Underground structures: Taproot
Uses: Cut Flower
Will Naturalize
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Birds
Butterflies
Propagation: Seeds: Sow in situ
Propagation: Other methods: Division

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Common names
  • Blue Ridge Buckbean
  • Carolina Lupine
  • Carolina Bushpea
  • Aaron's Rod
  • Bush Pea
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Thermopsis villosa
  • Synonym: Baptisia villosa
  • Synonym: Thermopsis caroliniana

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Uploaded by nativeplantlover
Location: Brownstown PA 17508
Date: 2020-06-12
Location: in my garden in Oklahoma City
Date: 04-17-2017
Blue Ridge Buckbean (Thermopsis villosa)
Location: Brownstown PA 17508
Date: 2020-06-12

Courtesy Sunlight Gardens, used with permission
Location: Brownstown Pennsylvania
Date: 2017-06-10
Location: Brownstown PA 17508
Date: 2020-06-12
Location: Brownstown Pennsylvania
Date: 2016-06-18

Courtesy Crownsville Nursery
  • Uploaded by vic

credit: peganum

credit: Bob Gutowski

Courtesy Gardens in the Wood of Grassy Creek
  • Uploaded by vic

Photo Courtesy of Lazy S'S Farm Nursery.
  • Uploaded by Joy

Photo Courtesy of Lazy S'S Farm Nursery.
  • Uploaded by Joy

Courtesy Crownsville Nursery
  • Uploaded by vic
Location: Allentown, Pennsylvania
Date: 2015-06-05
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Comments:
  • Posted by NHJenDion (Southern NH - Zone 5b) on May 6, 2016 9:31 AM concerning plant:
    Due to its taproot, it does not divide/transplant well, so is best grown from seed in situ or in containers, and carefully transplanted into its final location.
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