| Scientific Name: | Strobilanthes alternata ( syn. Hemigraphis alternata ) |
| Common Name: | waffle plant, red ivy |
| Family Name: | Acanthaceae |
| Origin: | South Asia / India |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 10: (-1 to 4 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Indoor foliage plant |
| Mature Size: | 0.2 - 0.4m x 0.3 - 0.6m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Spreading |
| Form: | Mounded |
| Texture: | Medium |
| Landscape Uses: | Bedding plant, Hanging basket, Indoor plant |
| Exposure: | Full sun only if soil kept moist, Part sun/part shade |
| Soil or Media: | Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Opposite, Leathery, Rugose, Elliptic, Ovate, Crenate, Serrate |
| Flowers: | Spike, White, Apr-May-Jun |
| Fruit: | Capsule, Brown, Jul-Aug |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Leaves toothed, ovate-elliptic, are metallic silvery gray-green above and purple beneath, blades up to 7cm long x 5cm wide, petioles up to 4cm long (blades puckered or "waffle-like" in S. 'Exotica'). | |