Chinese Violet Aystasia

Chinese Violet Aystasia is a fast growing perennial plant which is included on lists of invasive plants in many areas, including for Cuba, Puerto Rico and Hawaii. It has simple, dark green leaves, stems that root easily at the nodes, and, in Spring and Summer, cream-coloured flowers with tessellated purple markings on the lower petal of the corolla, which are followed by an explosive green capsule that turns. 'Variegata' has cream and green blotched foliage