Plumbago indica

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.

Plumbago indica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Caryophyllales
Family:	Plumbaginaceae
Genus:	Plumbago
Species:	P. indica
Binomial name
Plumbago indica L. (1754)
Synonyms[1]
Plumbagidium roseum (L.) Spach (1841) Plumbago coccinea Salisb. (1796), nom. superfl. Plumbago rosea L. (1762) Plumbago rosea var. coccinea (Lour.) Hook. (1863) Thela coccinea Lour. (1790)

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.^[2]

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.^[3]

It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.^[4][5]