Amaranthaceae
Herbst's bloodleaf
Iresine herbstii
- Family
- Amaranthaceae
- Genus
- Iresine
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Common names
By language (6)
- arz
- ايريسين هيربستى
- Belarusian
- Ірэзінэ гербста
- Chinese
- 洋莧, 血苋, 血莧, 红叶苋, 红木耳, 红洋苋, 酒丹參
- English
- Herbst's bloodleaf
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Blodbjørk
- Persian
- برگ خونی
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Hawaii: introduced, Puerto Rico: introduced, U.S. Virgin Islands: introduced
Photos
Photo: J.M.Garg, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Cliff from Arlington, Virginia, USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Cliff from Arlington, Virginia, USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Mokkie, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Mokkie, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: George E. Koronaios, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.