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Tradescantia zebrina
Tradescantia zebrina
Hort. ex Loud.
Family:
Commelinaceae
Inchplant
[
Tradescantia pendula
(Schnizl.) D.R.Hunt,
more
Zebrina pendula var. quadrifolia
]
Ahmad Fuad Morad
FNA
Resources
Robert B. Faden in Flora of North America (vol. 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.
Flowering fall--winter (Sep--Feb). Hummocks and weedy places; introduced; Fla.; native, tropical America.
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Ahmad Fuad Morad
Ahmad Fuad Morad
University of Florida Herbarium
University of Florida Herbarium
University of Florida Herbarium
University of Florida Herbarium
University of Florida Herbarium
University of Florida Herbarium
University of Florida Herbarium
University of Florida Herbarium
University of Florida Herbarium
University of Florida Herbarium
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