Virtual Herbanium

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	Plant Detail Botanical Name Tradescantia zebrina - Schnizi Family Commelinaceae Common Name Spreading day flower Habit Herb Synonym Zebrina pendula Schnizi D. R. Hunt Habitat Ornamental Color Of Flower Key Characters Flowers pink, in terminal clusters, not in spathe as above.
Systematic Position Division : Monocotyledonae Class : Coronarieae Series : Order :
Plant Description Perennial decumbent herb; branches creeping; leaves ovate-oblong, white and green striped above, purple beneath, rounded at base, acute acuminate or obtuse at apex, glistening white and green striped above; sheaths narrow, cylindric, ciliate at mouth, flowers few, enclosed in spathaceous bracts; bracts 2, sessile, clustered; sepals united at base, white, corolla-tube whitish, petals red-purple, stamens 6, inserted near the mouth of corolla tube, all fertile; stigma capitate.
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