Visual Identification Guide for Creeping Indigo
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Visual Identification Guide for Creeping Indigo UF/IFAS Lake County Extension Megan Brew, M.S. Livestock Agent [email protected] 352.343.4101
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Visual Identification Guide
for Creeping Indigo
UF/IFAS Lake County Extension Megan Brew, M.S.
Livestock Agent [email protected]
352.343.4101
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In the field Creeping Indigo grows very low to the ground, creeping out in all directions. The leaves may range in size from very small to
approximately the size of a fingernail.
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A single “branch” of Creeping Indigo showing a prostrate growth pattern.
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Note the long white taproot (quarter for scale)
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Seeds are clustered and bean pod shaped (quarter for scale)
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The flowers are pink to light purple, conical,
and resemble pea flowers (quarter for
scale)
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Leavers are oblong, alternate, and smooth to the touch (quarter
for scale)