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Coastal indigo

Indigofera miniata

Also called Coast Indigo, Scarlet Pea, Western Indigo

Coastal indigo
Photo: Clarence A. Rechenthin. Courtesy of USDA NRCS Texas State Office. United States, TX, Knox City., Public domain
Family
Fabaceae (Pea & bean family)
Grows as
Perennial
Native range
C. & S. U.S.A. to Guatemala, Cuba
Climate
subtropical

About

Indigofera miniata, the scarlet pea or coastal indigo, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae, native to the US states of Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, Alabama, and Florida, and to Mexico, Guatemala, and Cuba. It is a prostrate perennial with stems that are about 60 cm (2 ft) long, and salmon pink flowers.

Other Indigofera plants

Tick Indigo · Pink Flowered Indigo · Indigofera ammobia · Natal indigo · Indigofera astragalina · Australian indigo · Basedow's Indigo · Indigofera candicans · Carolina indigo · Indigofera cassioides · Indigofera cordifolia · Chinese indigo

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Indigofera miniata by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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