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Tradescantia spathacea
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Tradescantia spathacea, also called the oyster plant, boatlily or 'Moses-in-the-cradle', is an herb in the Commelinaceae family which was first described in 1788. It is native to Central America.
- Family
- Commelinaceae
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Tradescantia spathacea
- Slug
- tradescantia-spathacea
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Commelinaceae
- Genus
- Tradescantia
- Species
- spathacea
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 43
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