Baptisia cinerea (Raf.) Fernald & B.G.Schub.

Plants 3–6 dm, ± pubescent, with a few widely spreading branches; stipules lanceolate, those of the lower lvs usually persistent; petioles very stout, 3–6 mm; lfls subcoriaceous, elliptic to oblanceolate, 4–8 cm; racemes usually solitary, 1–2 dm; fls yellow, 20–28 mm; pods ellipsoid, firm-walled, 2–3 cm, tapering to the beak, the stipe to 10 mm. Dry sandy soil on the coastal plain; se. Va. to S.C. May. (B. villosa of auth., misapplied)