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  3. Vascular Plants
  4. Dicots
  5. Pinks, Cactuses, and Allies
  6. Amaranths
  7. Gomphrenoideae
  8. Bloodleaves

genus

Bloodleaves

Iresine

Traits
Includes
5 native 1 present
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

Children

  • Juba's Bush native
  • Blood Leaf present
  • Juda's Bush native
  • Standley's Bloodleaf native
  • White Snowplant
  • Palmer's Bloodleaf native
  • Iresine leptoclada native
  • Iresine flavescens

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Key traits

Layer
Vines
Plant type
Annual Perennial Shrub Vine Wildflower

From USDA PLANTS.

Top native bloodleaves All

Native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.

  • Juba's Bush Iresine diffusa flowers 2
  • Juda's Bush Iresine rhizomatosa
  • Standley's Bloodleaf Iresine heterophylla
  • Palmer's Bloodleaf Iresine palmeri
  • Iresine leptoclada

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