Scientific Name:	Tradescantia fluminensis
Pronunciation:	trad-ess-KANT-ee-uh flu-min-NEN-siss
Common Name:	wandering Jew
Family Name:	Commelinaceae
Plant Type:	Indoor foliage plant
Key ID Features:	Leaves with parallel venation, ovate to 6 cm long, narrowing toward base and then expanding to a broad sheath around the stem.
Course(s):	HORT 1193/1293

Habit: Pendulous Form: Creeping / Mat-like Texture: Medium Mature Size: Height: 0.2 - 0.4m Spread: 0.3 - 0.6m Origin: South America (Brazil, Argentina) Hardiness Rating: Zone 9: (-7 to -1 C) Exposure: Soil/ Growing Medium: Water Use: Moderate Landscape Uses: Hanging basket, Indoor plant Additional Info: Google. Images with red upper leaf surfaces are of T. 'Rainbow'.

Leaf Morphology: Form: Simple Arrangement: Alternate Texture/ Venation: Parallel venation Surfaces: Lustrous Colour in Summer: Green, Yellow, Pink, Purple, Red, Several cvs., with white, pink or yellow stripes, or purple undersides Leaf(let) Terms: Shapes: Ovate Apices: Acute Bases: Sheathing Margins: Entire

Inflorescence Type: Flowers clustered Flower Morphology: Flowers perfect Number of Petals: 3 Corolla Shape: Rotate/stellate Colour (petals): Showy, White Flower Time at Peak: May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep

Fruit Type: Capsule Fruit Colour: Brown Fruiting Time: Sep, Oct Additional Info: Not showy

Bark or Stem Colour:

Propagation:	Stem tip cuttings, Eye (leaf bud) cuttings
Plant Care:
Optimal Temp.:	Medium indoor temperature
Light Level:	Medium indoor light level
Maintenance:	Low
Other:	May need shoot tips pinched back to maintain even shape.
Pest Susceptibility:	Mites

Location(s): (GNH) GreeNHouse Location Map

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