Herbaceous plant up to 40 cm in height with irregular growth form. The plant has fleshy purplish-magenta stems and greenish-purple lanceolate leaves arranged in a spiral. Tradescantia pallida forms pink ternate flowers and later small hairless capsules with seeds.
Purple spiderwort is viewed primarily as a decorative ground-covering plant or as an undemanding houseplant.
In Frutigen this highly decorative purplish plant is also used as ground cover because it slows down evaporation and stores moisture.
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Purple spiderwort is viewed primarily as a decorative ground-covering plant or as an undemanding houseplant.
In Frutigen this highly decorative purplish plant is also used as ground cover because it slows down evaporation and stores moisture.