This straight species native is just like all of the other Baptisia you see in garden centers.  Tall, tough, sun loving, and really hard to kill.  Blue/Purple flower spikes appear in summer, and the ornamental seeds pods will persist until winter or longer.  This plant is host to Orange Sulphur, Frosted Elfin, Eastern Tailed-Blue, Hoary Edge Skipper, and Wild Indigo Duskywing.  The Monarch gets all the love it seems, but Kentucky is home to over 50 species of butterflies. They need some love too!