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Tradescantia pallida
About
Tradescantia pallida is a species of spiderwort native to the Gulf Coast region of eastern Mexico. It is a perennial herbaceous species with a trailing habit. The cultivar T. pallida 'Purpurea', commonly called purple heart or purple queen, is widely grown as a houseplant, outdoor container plant, or a garden groundcover. The species has been proven useful in indicating and removing air and soil pollutants and has also been used in food technology.
- Family
- Commelinaceae
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Tradescantia pallida
- Slug
- tradescantia-pallida
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Commelinaceae
- Genus
- Tradescantia
- Species
- pallida
- Wikidata QID
- Q1563504
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 43
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