Tradescantia pallida

Purple spiderwort

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.

Mexico

Commelinaceae (Spiderwort family)

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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.

Tradescantia pallida
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