Unknown anti-itch houseplant - Ask Extension
Can you identify this houseplant? Its leaves help reduce itch from bug bites.
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Unknown anti-itch houseplant #722750
Asked September 10, 2020, 6:05 PM EDT
Can you identify this houseplant? Its leaves help reduce itch from bug bites.
Montgomery County Maryland
Expert Response
Unfortunately we can't identify this plant from details we can see in the photo. Is there another elsewhere that is in flower, or have you seen this plant flower? Blooms are very helpful in plant ID since foliage characteristics are more variable. This does not look like a plant grown as a houseplant in our area; have you seen it survive the winters outside here (not from seed, but the same plant returning in spring)?
Miri
Miri
I asked my sister/neighbor who gave me a small anti-itch plant in April. She has a much bigger plant than the one she gave me but she has never seen any flowers. The plant has to be indoors in the winter. Now my plant is as big as hers and I have not seen any buds either.
Thanks for the follow-up.
Kim
Thanks for the follow-up.
Kim
You're welcome. If at some point in the future it flowers (either plant) and you'd like us to take another look, feel free to send in some photos for ID.
Miri
Miri