Blue False Indigo, also known as Blue Wild Indigo, has pretty blue
flowers, similar to sweet peas or lupines, that bloom in late spring
and early summer.
It is planted in flower gardens for its beauty.
Although considered inedible and potentially toxic, the Cherokee
(Native Americans) used to treat toothaches with it by
holding root tea or a beaten root on a painful tooth. They
also used the plant to make a blue dye.
Blue
False Indigo
