Biology:Plumbago indica
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Short description: Species of flowering plant
| Plumbago indica | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Plumbaginaceae |
| Genus: | Plumbago |
| Species: | P. indica
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| Binomial name | |
| Plumbago indica | |
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Plumbago rosea L. | |
Plumbago indica, the Indian leadwort, scarlet leadwort or whorled plantain, is a species of flowering plant in the family Plumbaginaceae, native to Southeast Asia, Indonesia, the Philippines, and Yunnan in southern China.
Growing to 2 m (7 ft) tall by 1 m (3 ft) wide, it is a spreading evergreen shrub with oval leaves. It produces racemes of deep pink or scarlet flowers in winter.[1]
Plumbago indica is cultivated as an ornamental plant. With a minimum temperature of 7 °C (45 °F), it prefers subtropical or warm-temperate climates, or a greenhouse in cool climates.[2]
It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.[3][4]
References
- ↑ Christopher D. Brickell (2008). RHS A-Z encyclopedia of garden plants. United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. pp. 1136. ISBN 978-1405332965.
- ↑ Nico Vermeulen (2004-08-31). The Complete Encyclopedia Of Container Plants: Detailed Descriptions of Hundreds of Species. Rebo Publishers. p. 216. ISBN 978-90-366-1584-6. https://archive.org/details/completeencyclop0000verm/page/216.
- ↑ "RHS Plant Selector - Plumbago indica". https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/48343/Plumbago-indica/Details.
- ↑ "AGM Plants - Ornamental". Royal Horticultural Society. July 2017. p. 80. https://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/pdfs/agm-lists/agm-ornamentals.pdf.
Wikidata ☰ Q3025990 entry
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