Ask The Expert: I need help identifying a new plant I got from a friend. The leaves are similar to oak leaves only sharp not rounded. The steps grow out in long trailing branches, like an ivy, and the leaves are dark green on top and eggplant purple on the bottom, and are a bit fuzzy. Leaves are appx 3 inches long. One stem has tiny flower heads on the very end of it. The ‘petals” are very tiny and feathery and are marigold orange in color. The kind of have an unpleasant odor. there is a cluster of 7 of them just on the end of that one step.
Help! I don’t want to kill this beautiful plant
Thanks
Elaine

Photo Provided by Cal’ Plant of The Week ideveloped by the University of Oklahoma Department of Botany & Microbiology, specifically Cal Lemke (OU’s Greenhouse Grower).