Black taro is mostly grown for foliage, but it may infrequently produce flowers. Also known as Purple Passion, the purple velvet plant has fuzzy leaves with purple color and green undersides.

Answered by Rose Utley, Greene Country Master Gardener: The most notorious plants for inducing ... producing purple-colored fuzzy leaves. The intensity of the color varies depending on the amount ...

Growth habits/culture: Large gray fuzzy leaves; upright growth; yellow, white or purple flowers on our native plant. Treat like a wildflower. Very easy to grow in most any soil. Harvest/storage ...