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| color = IndianRed
| common_names = Plumbago rosea, Scarlet leadwort
| growth_habit = [[Shrub]]
| high = 6ft (2m)
| wide = 3ft (1m)
| lifespan = Tender [[Perennial]]
| exposure = Sun, Indoors, Greenhouse
| water = regular / dry
| features = Flowers
| hardiness = 45F / 7C
| name = ''Plumbago indica''
| image = Plumbago rosea01.jpg
| image_width = 250px
| image_caption = ''Plumbago indica''
| regnum = Plantae
| divisio = Magnoliophyta
| classis = Magnoliopsida
| ordo = Caryophyllales
| familia = Plumbaginaceae
| genus = Plumbago
| species = indica
}}

'''''Plumbago indica''''', also known as '''''Plumbago rosea''''' or '''Scarlet leadwort''', is a pot plant originally from [[India]]. It enjoys [[subtropical]] or warm-temperate climates, or a greenhouse in cool climates.<ref name="Vermeulen 216">Nico Vermeulen:"The Complete Encyclopedia of Container Plants", p. 216. Rebo International, Netherlands, 1998. ISBN 90-366-1584-4</ref>

''Plumbago indica'' has red or pink flowers which appear in the late summer.<ref>"Botanica. The Illustrated AZ of over 10000 garden plants and how to cultivate them", p  691. Könemann, 2004. ISBN 3-8331-1253-0</ref><ref name="Vermeulen 216"/>

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syn. Plumbago rosea, Linn. (P. sanguinea, Hort.?). St. zigzag, more or less climbing, glabrous even in the inn.: lvs. large, ovate - elliptic, the short petiole somewhat clasping: fls. purplish red, in long racemes, the corolla- lobes little if any exceeding the exserted part of the tube, the calyx glandular-hairy; base of style hairy. s. Asia. B.M. 230. Var. coccinea, Hook. (P. coccinea, Salisb.), is a form with larger scarlet fls. B.M. 5363. Gng. 1:183. H.T. 11.6:292. This is the form chiefly cult. —Like P. capensis, this species is useful for summer bedding. It is also an excellent subject for winter blooming in pots.
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