Has anyone ever heard of Persian Shield?

Question

I was lucky enough to find this plant only one year. Since then I have had absolutely no luck. It's kind of a dark purple leaf on the backside, on the front it gets very silvery almost metallic looking. It is soooooo beautiful, and grew wonderfully in my part sun spot.I live in Illinois, I have been actively looking everywhere for it. I was wondering if anyone knew anything about it, can you start it from seed, if so where can I get a hold of some seeds. Any help would sure be appreciated.

Answer 1

Strobilanthes dyerianus. Beautiful plant. Here are some sources.

http://search.yahoo.com/search;_ylt=A0geu5Nl_CxGfxMBt0JXNyoA?p=strobilanthes+dyerianus&ei=UTF-8&fr=ush-ans&x=wrt