Densely foliaged rounded to conical annual to over 1 m tall. Leaves alternate to about 5 cm long, 3-veined, flat, linear to lanceolate, colouring reddish purple in autumn (hence common name).
Eurasia
Used as an ornamental annual bedding plant for the attractive foliage.
Seed.
Compact, rounded, densely foliaged annual with more or less linear leaves.
Source: (1997). Chenopodiaceae. In: . Horticultural Flora of South-eastern Australia. Volume 2. Flowering plants. Dicotyledons. Part 1. The identification of garden and cultivated plants. University of New South Wales Press.
