Gynura aurantiaca

Purple Passion or Velvet Plant, is a succulent, evergreen, perennial flowering plant in the daisy family Asteraceae. It is native to Southeast Asia and can be grown both as a house plant or as an outdoor plant, on the patio or in the garden. Leaves, stems, and bracts are dark green, covered with soft purple hairs that give this plant a velvety feeling, thus its common name. Gynura aurantiaca is grown for its attractive foliage, and with its clambering and branching stems, it makes an ideal groundcover but often grows better as a container plant in south Florida and is especially well suited to growing in a hanging basket. Requires moist, well-drained soil in full or partial sun. (Pot size: 1 gallon)