Ask The Plant Expert: What is this plant? Someone I used to work with gave me a start of this plant. She didn’t know what kind it was. I just re-potted it. Can u tell me what it is?

Flower Shop Network Plant Expert Reply:

Not sure exactly, but it looks like a purple passion plant.  The botanical name for the plant is Gynura sarmentosa.
Other common names for it are purple velvet plant or purple passion vine.  It is considered a tropical plant. It prefers bright filtered sunlight with a moist soil.  However, don’t keep the soil soggy the roots don’t like to sit in water.

Hope this information is helpful.  Please let me know if I can help with anything else.