Tradescantia zebrina
Vollstandiges Handb. Blumengart. 4: 655. 1849.
Common names: Wandering-Jew
Introduced
Synonyms: Zebrina pendula Schnizlein
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 22.
Herbs, decumbent. Leaves 2-ranked; blade variegated, abaxially reddish purple, adaxially striped green-and-white, lanceolate-elliptic to ovate-elliptic, 3–9 × 1.5–3 cm (distal leaf-blades wider or narrower than sheaths when sheaths opened, flattened), base oblique, cuneate, apex acute to acuminate. Inflorescences terminal, consisting of pairs of sessile cymes enclosed in sheaths of spathaceous bracts, pedunculate; spathaceous bracts foliaceous, reduced. Flowers subsessile; sepals basally connate, 4–5 mm; petals pink, clawed, claws basally connate forming tube; stamens epipetalous; filaments bearded. Capsules 3-locular; locules 2-seeded.
Phenology: Flowering fall–winter (Sep–Feb).
Habitat: Hummocks and weedy places
Distribution
Introduced; Fla., native, tropical America
Discussion
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
None.
... more about "Tradescantia zebrina"
oblique +
cuneate +
lanceolate-elliptic;ovate-elliptic +
succulent +
reduced +
persistent +
3-valved +
loculicidal +
connate +
Wandering-Jew +
sessile +
contracted +
umbel-like +
lidlike +
bearded +
subsessile +
symmetric +
bisexual +
pedunculate +
axillary +
umbel-like +
reduced +
true +
2-ranked +
2-seeded +
parallel +
distinct +
differentiated +
superior +
1-seriate +
developed +
petaloid +
deliquescent +
pink +
distinct +
clawed +
unequal +
equal +
Vollstandiges Handb. Blumengart. +
1849 +
tuberous +
thin +
sepaloid +
connate +
subequal +
closed +
Introduced +
epipetalous +
absent +
fertile +
equal +
simple +
simple +
slender +
Tradescantia zebrina +
Tradescantia +
species +
perennial +