Scientific Name: Lophospermum purpusii
Common Name: asarina
Family Name: Plantaginaceae
Origin: Mexico
Hardiness Zone: Zone 11: (above 4 °C)
Plant Type: Annual (true), Vine or climber
Mature Size: 0.4 - 0.7m x 0.3 - 0.6m (height x width)
Habit: Pendulous, Spreading
Form: Creeping / Mat-like
Texture: Medium
Landscape Uses: Container planting, Hanging basket
Exposure: Full sun
Soil or Media: Well-drained
Leaves: Simple, Alternate, Soft flexible, Pubescent, Ovate, Dentate, Serrate
Flowers: Flowers clustered, Purple, Pink, Dark-red, May-Jun-Jul-Aug-Sep-Oct
Fruit: Capsule, Brown, Sep-Oct
Key ID Features:
Leaves alternate, simple, toothed with winged bases; flowers pink, dark red or purple, tubular, up to 3cm long.