Indigofera miniata

{{Short description|Species of plant}}

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|image=Indigofera miniata.jpg

|image_caption=In bloom

|status=LC

|status_system=IUCN3.1

|status_ref={{cite iucn |author1=Contu, S. |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012.RLTS.T19892543A20086067.en |page=e.T19892543A20086067 |title=Indigofera miniata |volume=2012 |year=2012 |access-date=8 May 2023 }}

|genus=Indigofera

|species=miniata

|authority=Ortega

|synonyms_ref=

|synonyms={{Collapsible list|

• Anil acutifolia {{small|(Schltdl.) Kuntze}}
• Anil leptosepala {{small|(Nutt.) Kuntze}}
• Anil ornithopodioides {{small|Kuntze}}
• Indigofera acutifolia {{small|Schltdl.}}
• Indigofera argentata {{small|Rydb.}}
• Indigofera brevipes {{small|(S.Watson) Rydb.}}
• Indigofera cinerea {{small|Buckley}}
• Indigofera cubensis {{small|Urb.}}
• Indigofera hartwegii {{small|Rydb.}}
• Indigofera leptosepala {{small|Nutt.}}
• Indigofera leptosepala var. angustata {{small|S.Watson}}
• Indigofera leptosepala var. brevipes {{small|S.Watson}}
• Indigofera mexicana {{small|Benth.}}
• Indigofera miniata var. florida {{small|Isely}}
• Indigofera miniata var. leptosepala {{small|(Nutt.) B.L.Turner}}
• Indigofera miniata var. texana {{small|(Buckley) B.L.Turner}}
• Indigofera nana {{small|Rydb.}}
• Indigofera ornithopodioides {{small|Schltdl. & Cham.}}
• Indigofera sphenoides {{small|Rydb.}}
• Indigofera texana {{small|Buckley}}
• Indigofera tinctaria {{small|Hook.}}

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Indigofera miniata, the scarlet pea or coastal indigo, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae, native to the US states of Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, Alabama, and Florida, and to Mexico, Guatemala, and Cuba.{{cite POWO |id=499672-1 |title=Indigofera miniata Ortega |access-date=8 May 2023}}{{cite web |url=https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=INMI |title=Indigofera miniata Ortega; Scarlet Pea, Coastal Indigo, Texas Indigo, Western Indigo |author= |date=30 January 2023 |website=Plant Database |publisher=Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center |access-date=8 May 2023}} It is a prostrate perennial with stems that are about {{cvt|60|cm|ft|0}} long, and salmon pink flowers.