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Visual Identification Guide
for Creeping Indigo
UF/IFAS Lake County Extension Megan Brew, M.S.
Livestock Agent Horsygrl@ufl.edu
352.343.4101
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.
A single “branch” of Creeping Indigo showing a prostrate growth pattern.
Note the long white taproot (quarter for scale)
Seeds are clustered and bean pod shaped (quarter for scale)
The flowers are pink to light purple, conical,
and resemble pea flowers (quarter for
scale)
Leavers are oblong, alternate, and smooth to the touch (quarter
for scale)
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