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Accession Data:

Hemigraphis alternata (Burm.f.) T. Anderson

  • Common Name: Red Ivy, Red Flame Ivy
  • Family: Acanthaceae Juss.

  • Country of Origin: uncertain - perhaps Malay Archipelago

  • Description: [syn. Hemigraphis colorata (Blume) H.G. Hallier]

    Prostrate, rooting perennial; leaves ovate-cordate, to 3 inches long, toothed, bullate, purplish beneath, gray above; corolla white, 1/2 - 3/4 inches long, pollen apparently sterile; fruit never produced.

    Nativity uncertain, but probably eastern part of the Malay Archipelago.

  • USDA Zone: 10-11

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 198700127
  • Source: SCE/Wellesley
  • Accession Date: 12-31-1987
  • Bench: 1217 - AUS:South Bench W
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 2 confirmed on 04-11-2025

Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Magnoliopsida
  • SubClass: euasterid I
  • Order: Lamiales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Acanthaceae
  • SubFamily: Acanthoideae
  • Tribe: Ruellieae
  • SubTribe:

Flowering Data:

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References (internal):

    References (external):

    1. Hortus Third, LH Bailey Hortorium, 1976
    2. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Sunday, September 03, 2017.

    data regenerated on Fri, 11 Apr 2025 15:57:20 -0400 [bcm v4.0]

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    W/C = Wild Collected
    = indicates flowering in past 14 days
    = images available for this accession
    = map available for this accession
    = accession added within past 90 days
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