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Nature Photography by Paul Rebmann
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Indigofera spicata
TRAILING INDIGO
CREEPING INDIGO
Not native to Florida
This native of Africa can now be found throughout much of the Florida peninsula into some scattered central panhandle counties and also in Hawaii and Puerto Rico.
Indigofera spicata is poisonous and can be lethal to animals such as horses and other livestock. The plant is apparently tasty to many animals other than pigs. If too much of the plant is ingested, illness and death can occur. For more information about this plant and the issue with livestock see this IFAS article Creeping Indigo: A Small, Yet Lethal Plant.
Indigofera spicata is a member of the Fabaceae - Pea family.
Other species of the Indigofera genus in the Wild Florida Photo database:
View Indigofera suffruticosa - ANIL DE PASTO
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Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants (Institute for Systemic Botany) profile for this species
USDA Plant Profile for this species
Date record last modified:
Aug 07, 2016