How To Grow and Care For Purple Waffle Plant
Home»Flowering»Perennial Hemigraphis alternata , also call Strobilanthes alternata , is an herbaceous perennial member of the Acanthaceae family . The plant originally hails from the Maluku Islands , Malaysia , Java , and India . The plant ’s genus name , Hemigraphis , is Greek and means “ half brush . ” This refers to the thick pelt spread over the plants ’ KO’d stamens . The specific epithet , alternata , is also Greek and means “ alternating ....