Family: Amaranthaceae
Scientific Name: Iresine lindenii
Common Name: Bloodleaf
Description | A tender perennial used as an annual in zone #5. Grown for it'colored purple red leaves. |
Pronunciation | (er-ee-SEE-nay)(lin-DEN-ee-i) |
Plant Type | All Plants, Perennial Tender |
Hardiness Zone | 10-11 |
Sunlight | I have grown this in full to half day sun, reported to tolerate shaded areas. |
Moisture | average |
Soil & Site | average |
Growing Media | average |
Temperature | not frost hardy |
Flowers | insignificant |
Leaves | simple, purple-red, pointed, and lanceolate |
Stems | red matching the leaves |
Dimensions | 12-24" depending on growing conditions, can reach 3-5 feet tall in its native sites |
Maintenance | pinching to promote branching |
Propagation | fairly easy from tip cuttings |
Native Site | Native to Ecuador |
Misc Facts | Named after Jean Jules Linden a 19th century Belgian horticulturalist. |
Author's Notes | Basically a more upright plant. I have had older plants bottom leavers cascade over the side of a pot. |
Notes & Reference | #51-Armitage's Manual of Annuals, Biennials, and Half-Hardy Perennials (Alan Arimitage), #76-Annuals for Every Purpose (Larry Hodgson) |
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