Botanical name: Pseuderanthemum carruthersii var. rubrum
Common names: Iguana Mia, Black-Purple-Green Varnish
Family: Acanthaceae
Hybrid of Black Varnish that has an amazing combination of Purple, dark green, and black colors of the leaves. Leaves change color as they mature and also depending on light and season. Spikes of deep mauve flowers sprinkled with pink from Winter to Spring. The plant may flower several times a year. If grown in filtered light, leaves get larger and darker.
Similar plants: Pseuderanthemum carruthersii var. rubrum 'Rubrum' (Iguana Mia)
- Pseuderanthemum alatum (Chocolate Plant)
- Pseuderanthemum carruthersii ''Variegatum'' (Variegated False Eranthemum)
- Pseuderanthemum carruthersii 'Atropurpureum' (Purple False Eranthemum)
- Pseuderanthemum graciflorum (Blue Twilight)
- Pseuderanthemum laxiflorum (Shooting Star)
- Pseuderanthemum reticulatum (Yellow-Vein Eranthemum)
- Pseuderanthemum seticalyx (Shooting star)
- Pseuderanthemum sp. (Shooting Star)
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