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Tradescantia zebrina - Flower - Click to enlarge!

Flower; Botanical Garden Halle, Germany; 1/2015 © Julia Roeser

Tradescantia zebrina - Leaf - Click to enlarge!

Leaf; Botanical Garden Halle, Germany; 8/2014 © Julia Roeser

Tradescantia zebrina - Foliage - Click to enlarge!

Foliage; Botanical Garden Halle, Germany; 10/2011 © Julia Roeser

Dataset

Identifier: 2369
Date of entry: 18.02.2015
Last update: 11.01.2020

Common name

English: Wandering Jew

German: Zebra-Ampelkraut

Portuguese: Cebola-de-calango, Trapoeraba-roxa

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae (2715)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)

    Class: Liliopsida (397)

      Order: Commelinales (22)

        Family: Commelinaceae (22)(family description)

          Genus: Tradescantia (5)

            Epithet: zebrina Bosse (2)

zebrina => striped with different colours, zebra-striped

Characteristics

Climate: tropical

Habit: herb

Flower colour: violet

External links

Check for Tradescantia zebrina at

World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI

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