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{{Plantbox
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| color = IndianRed
| color = IndianRed
| common_names = Plumbago rosea, Scarlet leadwort
| common_names = Plumbago rosea, Scarlet leadwort
| image_width = 250px
| image_width = 250px
| image_caption = ''Plumbago indica''
| image_caption = ''Plumbago indica''
| regnum = Plantae
| divisio = Magnoliophyta
| classis = Magnoliopsida
| ordo = Caryophyllales
| familia = Plumbaginaceae
| genus = Plumbago
| species = indica
}}
}}
''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"/>
''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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==Cultivation==
==Cultivation==
==Propagation==
===Propagation===
==Pests and diseases==
===Pests and diseases===
==Uses==
==Gallery==
==References==
==References==
*Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881926248
*Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881926248
*American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432
*American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432
==External links==
==External links==