Plant Identification Help?
Monique Reed
monique at mail.bio.tamu.edu
Thu Feb 14 12:37:31 EST 2002
Sounds like a Purple Passion Plant--
http://www.plantoftheweek.org/week130.shtml
They do bloom, and have yellow-orange flowers that are quite striking
against the purply foliage. You'd never guess it's a relative of the
sunflower and the dandelion.
Monique Reed
Cassandra wrote:
>
> I have this plant and I can't figure out what it is.
> It's a house plant. Well, here in CO it is anyway. It has green leaves,
> but the purple fuzz all over is makes it look purple. Very velvet like. It
> seems to prefer a good amount of light. As far as I know, it doesn't bloom.
> Unfortunately, when I got it, no one could tell me what it was. The leaves
> *kind of * look like holly leaves, except there is no sharp point. I don't
> know how much more I can describe. If anyone can help me out, I'd
> appreciate it.
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