| Scientific Name: | Iresine herbstii |
| Common Name: | bloodleaf |
| Family Name: | Amaranthaceae |
| Origin: | South America |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 10: (-1 to 4 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Annual, Indoor foliage plant |
| Mature Size: | 0.7 - 1.3m x 0.6 - 1.0m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Upright |
| Form: | Oval - vertical |
| Texture: | Medium |
| Landscape Uses: | Indoor plant |
| Exposure: | Full sun, Part sun/part shade |
| Soil or Media: | |
| Leaves: | Simple, Opposite, Succulent, Glabrous, Ovate, Entire |
| Flowers: | Panicle, White, Green, Can flower any month |
| Fruit: | Capsule, Brown |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Red stems and oval purple-red leaves, up to 8cm long, with notched tips and light red veins (requires full sun exposure for best foliage colour); florets very small, in panicles up to 50cm long. | |