leonardus
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Red plant not recognized

Hi,

Saw this red plant like a red nettle, but not stinging, in a spontaneous location, but I'm suspecting it's an introduced one, not from spontaneous flora. What name have this plant ?

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thanrose
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Looks like perilla to me. Reseeds prolifically. As a kid I thought they were unhybridized coleus offspring because of the inflorescence.

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rainbowgardener
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OK... I was thinking coleus too. I have a fancy leafed coleus that looks a lot like that. But I hadn't said anything, because I wasn't sure it was right. I'm not familiar with the perilla, but looking it up, it makes sense.

nk
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It looks like a heuchera to me...
maybe this one... https://www.finegardening.com/plantguide/heuchera-amethyst-mist-coral-bells.aspx

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It looks like perilla to me too. Perilla blooms in the fall with flowers and square stems like a coleus but the leaves on the perillas that I am familiar with have a strong spicy aroma when crushed while coleus has little smell. Perillas come in purple and green and they are used in Asian cooking. The seeds are also edible and make a fine cooking oil.

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Thank you very much for replies, gentlemens ! I appreciate you're effort.
Have a nice day, :)

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I fixed the links to the image and made it display in the first post. See the first post above.

leonardus
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webmaster wrote:I fixed the links to the image and made it display in the first post. See the first post above.
Please delete the question because don't match with the photo.

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