Baptisia plant named ‘Blue Mound’

Abstract

A new cultivar of Baptisia australis , ‘Blue Mound’, that is characterized by its dense, uniform, rounded, and low growing plant habit, its foliage that completely masks the bases of the main stems, its inflorescences that are held above the foliage, its 1.9 cm wide flowers that are deep violet in color and bloom from mid May to early June in northern Illinois, its high level of fertility; setting a good quantity of fruit with viable seed, its green stems that do not lodge after summer rainstorms, and its tolerance of both acidic and alkaline soil.

It is claimed: 
     
       1. A new and distinct cultivar of  Baptisia  plant named ‘Blue Mound’ as herein illustrated and described.