Identification?

[AlainK]

I have this plant that a friend gave me. It's got green leaves that turn red in autumn, but I don't know what it is.
Any suggestion?...

 

[MulleinMan]

It could be a variety of heuchera or parsley?

 

[Tums]

Kind of reminds me of mukdenia, but I'm definitely not sure.

 

[MulleinMan]

What are the flowers like?

 

[AJL]

Erodium spp ?

 

[TN_Jim]

looks like something in the family Apiaceae or Geraniaceae

if you crush a leaf is there an aroma that’s not just chlorophyll?

 

[Firstflush]

Looks like a hardy geranium.

 

[AlainK]

Thanks everyone for your suggestions, but I think none of them matches.

It has never flowered, and has no particular scent when the leaves are crushed.

Still a mystery plant...

 

[thatbonsaiguydb]

Still a mystery plant...

very nice mystery plant!

 

[NaoTK]

I first thought of saxifrage, there are so many cultivars. like S. fortunei ‘Rubrifolia’ . Does yours flower?

https://www.hardy-plant.org.uk/docs/publications/cornucopia/issue43/flowering_saxifrages.pdf

 

[AlainK]

Hi @NaoTK ,
Thanks for your input.
I looked at a lot of photos on the web, it could be a variety of saxifrage, but as I said, it never flowered since I've had it, so it's hard to say. Maybe saxifraga fortunei ?...

 

[AlainK]

Kind of reminds me of mukdenia, but I'm definitely not sure.

After further searching the web and the same suggestion on another forum, I think you're right : it could be, it must be Mukdenia rossii, or Mukdenia karasuba :

Mukdénie karasuba

Cette Mukdenie est une petite vivace couvre-sol de sous-bois frais, dotée d'un extraordinaire feuillage aux reflets métalliques. Les inflorescences sortent de terre avant l'épanouissement complet de son feuillage fortement palmé. Les jeunes pousses de couleur bronze se déploient en une belle...

www.jardindupicvert.com

Thanks everyone for your input