Iresine

Common Names: bloodleaf, beefsteak plant, chicken-gizzard or Formosa bloodleaf.

Scientific Name

Plant Family

Iresine herbstii

Amaranthaceae

Common plant pest problems: arthropods such as insects, mites and pill bugs; gastropods such as slugs and snails; plant diseases such as fungus, bacteria and virus.

Insects/other: whitefly adults observed in large numbers, but no immatures seen on leaves.  
Disease: 

Notes: 56.

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Honors

Class - Iresine herbsii (foliage ground cover)

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Comments

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Best-of-class, uncontested. 'Purple Lady'

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PanAmerican Seed 5.7 56.
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