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Purple Waffle Plant
Strobilanthes alternata
Other known names: Red Ivy · Metal Leaf Plant · Hemigraphis alternata · Hemigraphis alternata
A low tropical plant with puckered green foliage and vivid purple undersides.
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Safety not yet verified. Confirm the exact identification before deciding whether this plant is safe around children or pets. Catalog note: Safety not yet verified
Care
- Light
- Bright indirect light
- Water
- Keep lightly and evenly moist; do not leave saturated
- Growing medium
- Fine, airy, moisture-retentive mix
- Feeding
- Light balanced feeding during active growth
- Temperature
- 60–80°F
- Humidity
- High
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Characteristics
A low tropical plant with puckered green foliage and vivid purple undersides.
Names & botanical identity
- Accepted name
- Strobilanthes alternata
- Plant group
- Tropical Foliage
- Other known names
- Red Ivy · Metal Leaf Plant · Hemigraphis alternata · Hemigraphis alternata
- Safety
- Safety not yet verified
Confirm the exact identification before deciding whether this plant is safe around children or pets. Catalog note: Safety not yet verified
Growth
- Growth habit
- Warm-climate foliage plant
- Native range
- Tropical and subtropical regions
- Temperature
- 60–80°F
- Humidity
- High
- Difficulty
- Intermediate
Propagation
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Purple Waffle Plant is recorded botanically as Strobilanthes alternata. Lorekeeper keeps accepted and former names connected so the guide remains findable as taxonomy changes.
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