Tradescantia crassula
Icon. Pl. Rar. 2: 13, plate 7. 1828.
Introduced
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 22.
Herbs, decumbent, rooting at nodes. Leaves 2-ranked; blade lanceolate-oblong to ovate-elliptic, 5–10 × 2–3.5 cm (distal leaf-blades wider or narrower than sheaths when sheaths opened, flattened), margins ciliolate, apex acute, glabrous. Inflorescences terminal and axillary from distal leaf-axils, 2–4 cyme pairs per stem; bracts foliaceous or more commonly reduced (especially in axillary inflorescences). Flowers distinctly pedicillate; pedicels 1–2 cm, glandular-pilose especially toward apex; sepals 5–7 mm, midrib pilose with glandular and eglandular hairs; petals distinct, white, not clawed, 9 mm; stamens free; filaments white, densely bearded with white hairs.
Phenology: Flowering spring (May).
Habitat: Under live oaks
Distribution
Introduced; Fla., South America
Discussion
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
None.
... more about "Tradescantia crassula"
glabrous +
acute +
lanceolate-oblong;ovate-elliptic +
succulent +
foliaceous +
reduced +
persistent +
3-valved +
loculicidal +
sessile +
contracted +
umbel-like +
lidlike +
white +
bearded +
pedicillate +
symmetric +
bisexual +
eglandular +
white +
axillary +
umbel-like +
reduced +
true +
2-ranked +
parallel +
distinct +
ciliolate +
differentiated +
pilose +
superior +
1-seriate +
developed +
glandular-pilose +
petaloid +
deliquescent +
white +
distinct +
not clawed +
unequal +
9 cm90 mm <br />0.09 m <br /> (?) +
equal +
Icon. Pl. Rar. +
1828 +
tuberous +
thin +
sepaloid +
distinct +
subequal +
closed +
Introduced +
free +
staminodial +
absent +
fertile +
equal +
simple +
simple +
slender +
Tradescantia crassula +
Tradescantia +
species +
rooting +
perennial +