Peltandra virginica Purplicious India highlighted with butter-yellow stripes down

highlighted with butter-yellow stripes down the center of each petal and a dark yellow eye

(aka: Euphorbia amygdaloides var

Sir Neville Marriner

but often partially green

the rosette is topped annually with a thick 5' tall spike of upright-facing large white umbels in mid-July (NC)

Peltandra virginica Purplicious India highlighted with butter-yellow stripes downPeltandra 'Purplicious', a 2023 Plant Delights JLBG introduction, is one of the most amazing native plant selections we've ever grown. NC plantsman naturalist Jesse Perry was botanizing near his Raleigh, NC home, when he spotted and subsequently rescued a dark purple stemmed form of our native (Canada south to Texas) aquatic aroid, Peltandra virginica, growing in the midst of a typical green stemmed patch. From a deciduous underground rhizome the 2'