Description

Red-flame ivy may be known as red ivy, or waffle plant, is a member of the family Acanthaceae native to java. It is a prostrate plant with purple colored leaves. The plant is popular in the United States and rarely the United Kingdom to use in hanging baskets for gardens.

Characteristics:

It is a prostrate plant with attractive purple colored leaves. Leaves are opposite, ovate, 4.5-8 cm wide, with a somewhat blunt tip and rounded and heart shaped base with toothed margins. Flowers are white, found in terminal spikes up to 7 cm long. Red-flame ivy  is an herb that grows near 30 cm (12 in) long. The stems of the plant are prostrate and purplish, especially at the nodes. The leaves are hairy and opposite, and one leaf of a pair is much larger than the other. The leaf blades are a dark green on the top face and are a lighter green or purplish on the lower face. The flowers of the plant grow from where the leaf meets the stem, and are white with purple penciling. Flowers are tubular, cylindrical below, Swollen above, 1.0-1.5 cm long and 5 lobed. Red Flame Ivy is native to Indonesia, cultivated in India.

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