Iresine herbstii


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Plant Characteristics
Habit   herbaceous
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Features: foliage
Scientific Names

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Iresine herbstii is a species of flowering plant in the amaranth family, Amaranthaceae.


Read about Iresine herbstii in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Iresine herbstii, Hook. f. (Achyranthes verschaffeltii, Lem.). Lvs. broadly ovate or orbicular, obtuse and notched at the apex, purple-red, with prominent arched veins, or in the commoner variety green or green-red with yellow veins (var. aureo-reticulata). S. Amer. There are horticultural varieties with Latin names. I. wallisii, Ort., is a small form, with numerous small roundish lvs., which are bronze-red or dark red above and dark blood-red beneath. I. brilliantiissima, has rich crimson color.


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