Gynura aurantiaca

Purple passion
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Tribe: Senecioneae
Genus: Gynura
Species: G. aurantiaca
Binomial name
Gynura aurantiaca
(Blume) DC. 1838, not Benth. 1849
Synonyms[1]

Gynura aurantiaca, called purple passion or velvet plant is a species of plants in the chrysanthemum family It is native to Southeast Asia but grown in many other places as a house plant. In warm regions, it is frequently grown in outdoor on patios and in gardens rather than inside buildings, and hence it has escaped into the wild in Africa, Australia, South America, Mesoamerica, Florida, and a few other places.[2][3][4]

Gynura aurantiaca is an herb up to 30 cm (1 foot) tall, the stems sometimes growing straight up but other times reclining against other objects. Leaves, stems, and bracts are dark green, covered with soft purple hairs that impart a velvety feeling to the plant. One plant can produce 1-5 flower heads, each on its own flower stalk. Each head contains several yellow, orange, or red disc flowers but no ray flowers.[5]

References

  1. ↑ The Plant List, Gynura aurantiaca (Blume) DC.
  2. ↑ Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
  3. ↑ Berendsohn, W.G. & A.E. Araniva de González. 1989. Listado básico de la Flora Salvadorensis: Dicotyledonae, Sympetalae (pro parte): Labiatae, Bignoniaceae, Acanthaceae, Pedaliaceae, Martyniaceae, Gesneriaceae, Compositae. Cuscatlania 1(3): 290–1–290–13
  4. ↑ Nelson, C. H. 2008. Cat. Pl. Vasc. Honduras 1–1576. Secretaria de Recursos Naturales y Ambiente, Tegucigalpa
  5. ↑ Flora of North America, Gynura aurantiaca (Blume) de Candolle . 1838. Velvet plant

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